Arlington Energy Center III
Solar power plant · Riverside County, California
Nameplate capacity
241 MW
Rank in California
#111
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2022
August 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Arlington Energy Center III
- County
- Riverside County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #44 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 64564
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEC3 | Solar Photovoltaic | 131 MW | 131 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| AEC3B | Batteries | 110 MW | 110 MW | 2022 | 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 California
| Blythe Solar II, LLC | Battery storage | 246 MW |
| Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC | Solar | 242 MW |
| Scarlet Solar (CA) | Solar | 240 MW |
| Midway Sunset Cogen | Natural gas | 234 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 241 MW solar plant and a 241 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 California power plants · What California actually generates