Bakersfield PV 1
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
5.3 MW
Rank in California
#975
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2017
December 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- AES Distributed Energy
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #320 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 61117
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKE1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.3 MW | 5.3 MW | 2017 | 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
| Sycamore Energy LLC | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Wonderful Firebaugh | Solar | 5.4 MW |
| Frankenheimer Power Plant | Hydro | 5.3 MW |
| Hamilton Branch | Hydro | 5.3 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 5.3 MW solar plant and a 5.3 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