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'''Gateway Generating Station''' ('''GGS'''), formerly '''Contra Costa Unit 8 Power Project''', is a [[combined cycle power plant|combined-cycle]] [[natural gas-fired power station]] in [[Contra Costa County]], [[California]], which provides power to half a million customers in northern and central California. Gateway Generating Station is on the southern shore of the [[San Joaquin River]], in [[Antioch, California|Antioch]], and is one of more than ten fossil-fuel power plants in Contra Costa County.
Construction, which cost $386 million, began in 2001; the station began delivering power to customers in 2009. Its nominal capacity is 530MW, with a peak capacity of 580MW. It generates electricity using two [[combustion turbine]]s, paired with [[heat recovery steam generator]]s (HRSGs) that power one [[steam turbine]]. The facility is owned and operated by [[Pacific Gas & Electric]] (PG&E).
In June 2015, a lawsuit was filed against [[Environmental Protection Agency]] to prevent the approval of the station's air emissions permit; the suit was dismissed in October of that year. As of 2015, the only recorded injury that had ever occurred at the facility was in April 2009, when an employee tripped and chipped a tooth. == Construction ==
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