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EIA plant 65523

San Luis Obispo · San Luis Obispo · CA

CA-DGS-California Men's Colony

Operated by Forefront Power, LLC

Annual generation4,553 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 CA-DGS-California Men's Colony?

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35.325540, -120.693460

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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 Photovoltaic2.2 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.

1280
2301
3409
4406
5444
6402
7435
8450
9437
10407
11307
12275

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
1280
2301
3409
4406
5444
6402
7435
8450
9437
10407
11307
12275

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1280 MWh
2301 MWh
3409 MWh
4406 MWh
5444 MWh
6402 MWh
7435 MWh
8450 MWh
9437 MWh
10407 MWh
11307 MWh
12275 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
14057Solar PhotovoltaicSUN2.2OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
65523
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 (450 MWh) and 12 the lowest (275 MWh). Their difference is 175 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

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