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EIA plant 66169

Cortez · Montezuma · CO

Cortez Solar 2, LLC

Operated by Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation

Annual generation9,497 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 Cortez Solar 2, LLC?

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37.378286, -108.614935

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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.

1620
2787
3229
4378
5968
61,453
71,553
81,184
944
10822
11760
12699

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
1620
2787
3229
4378
5968
61,453
71,553
81,184
944
10822
11760
12699

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1620 MWh
2787 MWh
3229 MWh
4378 MWh
5968 MWh
61,453 MWh
71,553 MWh
81,184 MWh
944 MWh
10822 MWh
11760 MWh
12699 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
710Solar PhotovoltaicSUN5OP

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EIA plant ID
66169
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 (1,553 MWh) and 9 the lowest (44 MWh). Their difference is 1,509 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
710Solar 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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