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EIA plant 63765

Montgomery · Montgomery · AL

Black Bear Solar 1

Operated by Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC

Annual generation215,996 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

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32.196971, -86.327341

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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 Photovoltaic100 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.

111,817
213,832
316,268
421,238
521,596
622,648
723,103
826,236
916,732
1019,981
1110,871
1211,674

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
111,817
213,832
316,268
421,238
521,596
622,648
723,103
826,236
916,732
1019,981
1110,871
1211,674

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
111,817 MWh
213,832 MWh
316,268 MWh
421,238 MWh
521,596 MWh
622,648 MWh
723,103 MWh
826,236 MWh
916,732 MWh
1019,981 MWh
1110,871 MWh
1211,674 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
ALBB1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN100OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
63765
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, 8 has the highest recorded value (26,236 MWh) and 11 the lowest (10,871 MWh). Their difference is 15,365 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
ALBB1Solar Photovoltaic100.0100.0100.0Not 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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