Saddle Mountain Solar I
Solar power plant · Maricopa County, Arizona
Nameplate capacity
15 MW
Rank in Arizona
#137
of 200 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- SunE AZ2, LLC
- County
- Maricopa County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Arizona
- #54 of 105
- EIA plant code
- 58213
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 15 MW | 15 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
| Avalon Solar II | Solar | 16 MW |
| RE Gillespie 1 LLC | Solar | 15 MW |
| RE Bagdad Solar I LLC | Solar | 15 MW |
| Badger 1 | Solar | 15 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 15 MW solar plant and a 15 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