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EIA plant 57340

Paicines · San Benito · CA

Panoche Valley Solar Farm

Operated by Consolidated Edison Development Inc.

Annual generation279,092 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextCalifornia Independent System OperatorBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Panoche Valley Solar Farm?

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36.627000, -120.879000

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic140 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

115,110
210,508
38,079
413,098
520,698
635,433
744,666
840,026
931,714
1024,848
1118,996
1215,916

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
115,110
210,508
38,079
413,098
520,698
635,433
744,666
840,026
931,714
1024,848
1118,996
1215,916

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
115,110 MWh
210,508 MWh
38,079 MWh
413,098 MWh
520,698 MWh
635,433 MWh
744,666 MWh
840,026 MWh
931,714 MWh
1024,848 MWh
1118,996 MWh
1215,916 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN140OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
57340
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (44,666 MWh) and 3 the lowest (8,079 MWh). Their difference is 36,587 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Solar Photovoltaic140.0140.0140.0Not supplied

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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