Rutan

Solar power plant · Los Angeles County, California

Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in California
#1115
of 1,897 plants
In service since
2014
January 2014

Details

Primary fuel
Solar
Technology
Solar Photovoltaic
Operator
CD US Solar MT 2 LLC
County
Los Angeles County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among solar plants in California
#405 of 937
EIA plant code
58449

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rutan
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Solar Photovoltaic1.5 MW1.5 MW2014Operating
2Solar Photovoltaic1.5 MW1.5 MW2014Operating
3Solar Photovoltaic1.0 MW1.0 MW2014Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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