Gato Montes Solar, LLC
Solar power plant · Pima County, Arizona
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Arizona
#156
of 200 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Duke Energy Renewables Services
- County
- Pima County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among solar plants in Arizona
- #66 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 58842
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 2012 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arizona
| Rio Rico Solar | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Cogeneration 2 | Natural gas | 5.5 MW |
| Tech Park Solar | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| Arizona Western College PV | Solar | 4.7 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arizona power plants · What Arizona actually generates