Edwards Sanborn 1C
Solar power plant · Kern County, California
Nameplate capacity
148 MW
Rank in California
#192
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2025
November 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Terra-Gen Operating Co-Hybrid
- County
- Kern County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #71 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 68846
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S6 | Solar Photovoltaic | 102 MW | 102 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| S5 | Solar Photovoltaic | 46 MW | 46 MW | 2025 | 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
| Dynegy Oakland Power Plant | Other | 149 MW |
| Imperial Solar Energy Center West | Solar | 149 MW |
| Campo Verde Solar | Solar | 147 MW |
| Lockhart Solar PV II | Solar | 144 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 148 MW solar plant and a 148 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