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EIA plant 66569

King Hill · Elmore · ID

Black Mesa Solar, LLC

Operated by Black Mesa Solar, LLC

Annual generation85,244 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextIdaho Power CompanyBalancing authority or NERC region

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42.907410, -115.181539

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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 Photovoltaic40 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.

13,395
24,634
37,564
410,130
510,227
611,778
711,535
84,989
97,905
106,315
113,908
122,864

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
13,395
24,634
37,564
410,130
510,227
611,778
711,535
84,989
97,905
106,315
113,908
122,864

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
13,395 MWh
24,634 MWh
37,564 MWh
410,130 MWh
510,227 MWh
611,778 MWh
711,535 MWh
84,989 MWh
97,905 MWh
106,315 MWh
113,908 MWh
122,864 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
BMSASolar PhotovoltaicSUN40OP

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EIA plant ID
66569
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, 6 has the highest recorded value (11,778 MWh) and 12 the lowest (2,864 MWh). Their difference is 8,914 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
BMSASolar Photovoltaic40.040.040.0Not 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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