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Bakersfield 111
Power plant · Solar
Key facts
Power plant · Solarran 15% of 2024 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2015
- Net generation, 2024
- 1,903 MWh
- Grid
- 22 kV to Pacific Gas & Electric Co (PACW)
- Location
- Kern County, California
- Operated by
- Bakersfield 111 LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
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- Technology
- Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
- Age
- 11 years since 2015
All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Balancing authority code | PACW |
Solar array
Solar array
The array area counts panels and inverters only, not buildings, fences or the whole site.
- Array area (acres)
- 8.3
- AC capacity (MW)
- 1.4
- DC capacity (MW)
- 1.4
- Mounting
- Single-axis tracking
- Site type
- Greenfield
- Began operating
- 2015
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Next scheduled retirement
- July 2035
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 1.4 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 1
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 100%
- Capacity still in service
- 1.4 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF111 | Solar Photovoltaic | 1.4 MW | Scheduled to retire | July 2035 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 22 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co
- Balancing authority
- PacifiCorp - West
- NERC region
- WECC
Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Unit BF111 scheduled to retire, 1.4 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
6 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · LBNL · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- GEMGlobal Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- LBNLYin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- USPVDBMap services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolthouse Farms Fuel Cell Postponed | Gas, other | 4.3 mi | 5 |
| North Kern Water Storage District 2 Postponed | Solar | 13.9 mi | 2.5 |
| Kern Front Postponed | Solar | 13.9 mi | 18.9 |
| North Kern Water Storage District 1 Postponed | Solar | 14.5 mi | 2.5 |
Sources EIA-860M