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EIA plant 57554

Colorado Springs · El Paso · CO

AFA Solar Farm

Operated by Solar Star Colorado II LLC

Annual generation10,866 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextWestern Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain RegionBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is AFA Solar Farm?

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38.957901, -104.806627

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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 Photovoltaic5.5 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.

1560
2734
3994
41,101
51,201
61,122
71,248
8981
9981
10850
11549
12545

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
1560
2734
3994
41,101
51,201
61,122
71,248
8981
9981
10850
11549
12545

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1560 MWh
2734 MWh
3994 MWh
41,101 MWh
51,201 MWh
61,122 MWh
71,248 MWh
8981 MWh
9981 MWh
10850 MWh
11549 MWh
12545 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
AFA1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN5.5OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
57554
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 (1,248 MWh) and 12 the lowest (545 MWh). Their difference is 703 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
AFA1Solar Photovoltaic5.55.55.5Not 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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