Imperial Valley Solar, LLC
Solar power plant · Imperial County, California
Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in California
#132
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2013
November 2013
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Imperial Valley Solar, LLC
- County
- Imperial County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.19%
- Rank among solar plants in California
- #53 of 937
- EIA plant code
- 56917
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 101 MW | 92 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 1A | Solar Photovoltaic | 65 MW | 59 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 1B | Solar Photovoltaic | 34 MW | 21 MW | 2014 | 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
| Sandrini Solar 200 | Solar | 200 MW |
| Wright Solar Park | Solar | 200 MW |
| J S Eastwood | Hydro | 200 MW |
| Mariposa Energy Project | Natural gas | 200 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 200 MW solar plant and a 200 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