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EIA plant 58750

Lancaster · Los Angeles · CA

Lancaster Dry Farm Ranch B

Operated by AES Distributed Energy

Annual generation7,837 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 Lancaster Dry Farm Ranch B?

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34.716944, -118.289444

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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 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.

1376
2516
3764
4811
5992
6747
7914
8791
9684
10541
11376
12325

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
1376
2516
3764
4811
5992
6747
7914
8791
9684
10541
11376
12325

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1376 MWh
2516 MWh
3764 MWh
4811 MWh
5992 MWh
6747 MWh
7914 MWh
8791 MWh
9684 MWh
10541 MWh
11376 MWh
12325 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
LDFRBSolar PhotovoltaicSUN5OP

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EIA plant ID
58750
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, 5 has the highest recorded value (992 MWh) and 12 the lowest (325 MWh). Their difference is 667 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
LDFRBSolar Photovoltaic5.05.05.0Not 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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