Carlsbad, CA: Carlsbad State Beach

Carlsbad: Carlsbad State Beach

Carlsbad: sunset in Carlsbad during the San Diego fires

Carlsbad: East Coast traditional home in Bressi Ranch, Carlsbad, CA.

Carlsbad: Tamarack Surf Beach, Carlsbad, CA

Carlsbad: New Southern Colonial home in Bressi Ranch, Carlsbad.

Carlsbad: Beach Patrol, Carlsbad, North of Ponto Beach

Carlsbad: Bressi Ranch - new masterplanned community in Carlsbad.

Carlsbad: Sunset from Old Carlsbad

Carlsbad: ENCINA POWER PLANT - The Encina Power Plant located in Carlsbad, California is operated by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. The coastal site has the advantage of proximity to water for cooling and nearby natural gas availability. The main structure is 200 feet high and was built in 1953. The smokestack was increased to 400 feet in the 1970s to more widely disperse plant emissions. Carlsbad receives about $600,000 in taxes yearly from the Encina plant with an assessed value of $300 million.