Matrix Pleasant Valley
Solar power plant · Ada County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in Idaho
#7
of 155 plants
In service since
2025
March 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Pleasant Valley Solar, LLC
- County
- Ada County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 3.04%
- Rank among solar plants in Idaho
- #1 of 14
- EIA plant code
- 67211
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRPV | Solar Photovoltaic | 200 MW | 200 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 Idaho
| Evander Andrews Power Complex | Natural gas | 271 MW |
| Cabinet Gorge | Hydro | 265 MW |
| Palisades Dam | Hydro | 176 MW |
| Bennett Mountain | Natural gas | 173 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 Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates