How big is Arica Solar?

Arica Solar has a reported capacity of 399 MW and an energy capacity of 544 MWh. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Arica Solar?

Arica Solar is a Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, CA, participating in the CAISO market.

Where is Arica Solar located?

Arica Solar is in Riverside County, CA, inside the CAISO balancing area.

Who operates Arica Solar?

Arica Solar is operated by Arica Solar, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Arica Solar generate?

Arica Solar reported 734.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Arica Solar connect to the grid?

Arica Solar interconnects at Red Bluff Substation, on the Southern California Edison (SCE) system.

How does Arica Solar compare to other plants?

By capacity, Arica Solar ranks #64 of 7,234 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #13 of 939 in CA.

Arica Solar — 399 MW solar farm, Riverside County, CA

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Overview

Generation / storage: 399 MW total / 544 MWh storage
Reported plant capacity and configuration.
Technology: Solar + battery storage
Primary generation technology.
Registry anchor: Plant 65744
Arica Solar, LLC · Riverside County · CAISO
Storage duration: 4 hours
Battery subsystem rating.
Operating status: Operating
Arica Solar is operating.
Grid connection: Red Bluff Substation
220 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE)
Equipment: 650,000 panels
Installed equipment documented in public project records.

Profile

Grid role: Hybrid solar generation with co-located battery storage resources.
Grid connection: Red Bluff Substation · 220 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE).
Context: Arica, together with Victory Pass, was among the first solar projects approved for renewable-energy development in areas identified as suitable under the Bureau of Land Management’s Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
Physical build: Operating Arica Solar is a 263 MWac photovoltaic facility with approximately 650,000 solar modules and integrated battery storage. The physical build includes solar PV mounting and collection systems, inverter and transformer areas, two on-site substations, a shared 3.2-mile 230 kV gen-tie to the SCE Red Bluff Substation, and an operations-and-maintenance facility. Fluence supplied the battery storage systems and SOLV led construction.

Structured profile

Reported capacity: 399 MW
Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic
Energy: 544 MWh
4-hour storage duration
Operating status: operating
Arica Solar is operating.
Interconnection: Red Bluff Substation
220 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE)
Location: Riverside County
CAISO

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
ARCBA	136 MW 136 MW summer	Batteries Electricity used for energy storage · BA	Mar 2024	Operating
ARCPV	263 MW 263 MW summer	Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV	Mar 2024	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 263 MW; Solar Photovoltaic
National rank: #64; of 7,234 operating peers
CA rank: #13; of 939 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

734.2 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

22.2%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

RED BLUFF

IN SERVICE · 500 kV

0.5 km

UNKNOWN300795

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

PPA Approval

Jun 3, 2021

Clean Power Alliance approved a 15-year contract with Clearway for Arica covering 93.5 MW of solar and 71 MW of storage (284 MWh capacity). No transaction price disclosed.

93.5 MW contracted15 yearsClean Power Alliance · Clearway Energy Group

Clean Power Alliance Inks Four Long-Term Contracts to Supply Over 175,000 Homes with Clean Energy » California Community Choice Association (CalCCA)

Land and environmental record

Biological-Resource Permit

Nov 19, 2021

CDFW discretionary approvals: CESA Incidental Take Permit and Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement

CDFW CEQA notice identifies issuance of California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit and Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements as agency discretionary actions. Individual issued permit numbers not stated in retrieved record.

CEQA Notices | Arica Solar Project- Draft Environmental Impact Report and Appendices

Legal Land Description

Oct 2, 2020

Arica Solar legal description: Township 5 South, Range 16 East, Section 13, southwest quarter

Project notice describes Arica Solar as T. 5 S., R. 16 E., Section 13, SW1/4, totaling approximately 2,000 acres of BLM-administered land.

Source

Site Acreage (CEQA Notice)

Aug 6, 2021

CEQA project site: 1,355 acres

CDFW CEQA notice states that Arica facility and associated infrastructure occupy 1,355 acres in Riverside County. This is the project footprint in the CEQA notice, distinct from the 2,000-acre BLM right-of-way acreage.

CEQA Notices | Arica Solar Project- Draft Environmental Impact Report and Appendices

Stormwater And Construction Compliance

Jan 11, 2022

Construction SWPPP and recurring compliance reporting required

Water-quality approval required development and implementation of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, monthly reports during construction, annual reports for July-through-June fiscal year, and request for notice of project completion.

Order R7-2022-0002 Arica Solar Project

Water-Quality Compensatory Mitigation

Jan 11, 2022

At least 90.3 acres of ephemeral desert-wash habitat preservation required as compensatory mitigation

Order R7-2022-0002 requires permittee to provide compensatory mitigation by preserving at least 90.3 acres of ephemeral desert-wash habitat within the Chuckwalla or Colorado Hydrologic Unit watersheds.

Order R7-2022-0002 Arica Solar Project

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Dec 16, 2021
Dec 16, 2021
Output ContractingClearway Co...
Clearway announced that the entire Arica project output was contracted under separate PPAs with Clean Power Alliance, Peninsula Clean Energy, and PepsiCo for the then-planned 270 MW solar and 121 MW storage configuration.
2022

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