# Arica Solar

CAISO Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/arica-solar

Arica Solar is a hybrid solar and battery storage facility with 399 MW of EIA-reported total operating capacity and 544 MWh of reported storage energy capacity in Riverside County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 65744. Clearway Energy Group, LLC is the public owner or developer; Arica Solar, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Project filings list 650,000 solar panels for the facility. Its grid role is hybrid solar generation with co-located battery storage resources.

## Key facts

- Technology: Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic
- Power capacity: 399 MW
- Energy capacity: 544 MWh
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO (California Independent System Operator)
- Substation: Red Bluff Substation
- Point of interconnection: Red Bluff Substation
- Transmission owner: Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Interconnection voltage: 220 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: clearwayenergygroup.com — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Identifiers: [{"value":"65744","system":"EIA plant code"},{"value":"ARCPV","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"ARCBA","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"1302 (SOL CATCHER BESS)","system":"CAISO queue ID"},{"value":"6872","system":"CAISO service agreement"},{"value":"272","system":"SCE service agreement"},{"value":"ER21-2607","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"Red Bluff 220 kV","system":"CAISO point of interconnection"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"}] — MBR | Index · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"65744","system":"EIA plant code"},{"value":"ARCPV","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"ARCBA","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"1302 (SOL CATCHER BESS)","system":"CAISO queue ID"},{"value":"6872","system":"CAISO service agreement"},{"value":"272","system":"SCE service agreement"},{"value":"ER21-2607","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"Red Bluff 220 kV","system":"CAISO point of interconnection"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO market"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"}] — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Owner name: Clearway Energy Group, LLC — The BLM approves Arica and Victory Pass solar projects | Bureau of Land Management · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar is an operating solar-and-storage facility in Riverside County near Desert Center, California, connected to the CAISO system. FERC’s EIA-indexed records list the plant’s ARCPV solar generator at 263 MW and ARCBA battery generator at 136 MW, totaling 399 MW. Clearway announced that the Arica solar and storage project was placed in service in April 2024; its battery systems were supplied by Fluence and construction was led by SOLV Energy. — MBR | Index · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar is an operating solar-and-storage facility in Riverside County near Desert Center, California, connected to the CAISO system. FERC’s EIA-indexed records list the plant’s ARCPV solar generator at 263 MW and ARCBA battery generator at 136 MW, totaling 399 MW. Clearway announced that the Arica solar and storage project was placed in service in April 2024; its battery systems were supplied by Fluence and construction was led by SOLV Energy. — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar is an operating solar-and-storage facility in Riverside County near Desert Center, California, connected to the CAISO system. FERC’s EIA-indexed records list the plant’s ARCPV solar generator at 263 MW and ARCBA battery generator at 136 MW, totaling 399 MW. Clearway announced that the Arica solar and storage project was placed in service in April 2024; its battery systems were supplied by Fluence and construction was led by SOLV Energy. — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.0: {"value":"65744","system":"EIA plant code"} — MBR | Index · confidence: high
- Identifiers.1: {"value":"ARCPV","system":"EIA generator ID"} — MBR | Index · confidence: high
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"1302 (SOL CATCHER BESS)","system":"CAISO queue ID"} — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Parties.1: {"relationship":"Owner, developer, and operator","name":"Clearway Energy Group, LLC","official_url":"https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com"} — The BLM approves Arica and Victory Pass solar projects | Bureau of Land Management · confidence: medium
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Transmission owner, LGIA party, and offtaker","name":"Southern California Edison Company","official_url":"https://www.sce.com"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"EPC/construction lead","name":"SOLV Energy","official_url":"https://www.solvenergy.com"} — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Battery equipment supplier","name":"Fluence","official_url":"https://fluenceenergy.com"} — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Parties.6: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"Clean Power Alliance","official_url":"https://cleanpoweralliance.org"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Parties.7: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":"https://peninsulacleanenergy.com"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Parties.8: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"MCE","official_url":"https://mcecleanenergy.org"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Parties.9: {"relationship":"Parent of a named offtaker affiliate","name":"NRG Energy, Inc.","official_url":"https://www.nrg.com"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Parties.10: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"PepsiCo, Inc.","official_url":"https://www.pepsico.com"} — Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage Energy Complex in Riverside County, California - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Parties.12: {"relationship":"Federal land and right-of-way authorizing agency","name":"Bureau of Land Management","official_url":"https://www.blm.gov"} — The BLM approves Arica and Victory Pass solar projects | Bureau of Land Management · confidence: high
- Site acres: 2000 — Arica and Victory Pass Solar Projects - CEQAnet - CA.gov · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: 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. — Source · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://fluenceenergy.com/energy-storage-technology/ — Energy Storage Technology · confidence: medium
- Kind: solar — Arica - AIP · confidence: high
- Modules or panels: 650000 — Arica - AIP · confidence: medium
- Equipment models: [{"manufacturer_domain":"fluenceenergy.com","product_url":"https://fluenceenergy.com/energy-storage-technology/","count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Fluence Gridstack"}] — Energy Storage Technology · confidence: medium
- Product family: Fluence Gridstack — Energy Storage Technology · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.0: {"manufacturer_domain":"fluenceenergy.com","product_url":"https://fluenceenergy.com/energy-storage-technology/","count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Fluence Gridstack"} — Energy Storage Technology · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar (EIA plant 65744) is a 399 MW hybrid facility in Riverside County comprising a 263 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 136 MW battery generator, connected to the CISO/CAISO system. AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the Arica and Victory Pass portfolio in January 2023; Clearway retained minority ownership and managing-member, asset-management, and operations-and-maintenance roles. Clearway developed and constructed the project, SOLV Energy led construction, and Fluence supplied the battery systems. The facility was placed in service in April 2024 following development on federal BLM land. — MBR | Lookup Data - MBR Portal - Federal Energy Regulatory... · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar (EIA plant 65744) is a 399 MW hybrid facility in Riverside County comprising a 263 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 136 MW battery generator, connected to the CISO/CAISO system. AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the Arica and Victory Pass portfolio in January 2023; Clearway retained minority ownership and managing-member, asset-management, and operations-and-maintenance roles. Clearway developed and constructed the project, SOLV Energy led construction, and Fluence supplied the battery systems. The facility was placed in service in April 2024 following development on federal BLM land. — AIP makes first investment in the US since the opening of New York City office - AIP · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar (EIA plant 65744) is a 399 MW hybrid facility in Riverside County comprising a 263 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 136 MW battery generator, connected to the CISO/CAISO system. AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the Arica and Victory Pass portfolio in January 2023; Clearway retained minority ownership and managing-member, asset-management, and operations-and-maintenance roles. Clearway developed and constructed the project, SOLV Energy led construction, and Fluence supplied the battery systems. The facility was placed in service in April 2024 following development on federal BLM land. — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Arica Solar (EIA plant 65744) is a 399 MW hybrid facility in Riverside County comprising a 263 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 136 MW battery generator, connected to the CISO/CAISO system. AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the Arica and Victory Pass portfolio in January 2023; Clearway retained minority ownership and managing-member, asset-management, and operations-and-maintenance roles. Clearway developed and constructed the project, SOLV Energy led construction, and Fluence supplied the battery systems. The facility was placed in service in April 2024 following development on federal BLM land. — Source · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Output contracting","date":"2021-12-16","detail":"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."} — Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2022","detail":"Clearway stated that Arica construction would begin in 2022 under a project labor agreement; the project was being developed on land under BLM jurisdiction."} — Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"AIP acquisition and Clearway retention","date":"2023-01","detail":"AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the combined Arica/Victory Pass portfolio for more than $400 million, according to contemporaneous transaction reporting. Clearway retained the minority interest and managing-member role."} — AIP Management invests over $400m in California solar... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"AIP acquisition and Clearway retention","date":"2023-01","detail":"AIP Management, on behalf of AIP Infrastructure II, acquired a 60% equity interest in the combined Arica/Victory Pass portfolio for more than $400 million, according to contemporaneous transaction reporting. Clearway retained the minority interest and managing-member role."} — AIP makes first investment in the US since the opening of New York City office - AIP · confidence: medium
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Project placed in service","date":"2024-04-17","detail":"Clearway announced that the Arica and Victory Pass solar-and-storage projects had been placed in service."} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Registered project entity and operator","name":"Arica Solar, LLC","detail":"Project company associated with the ARCPV and ARCBA generating units and the EIA plant record for Arica Solar.","official_url":null} — MBR | Lookup Data - MBR Portal - Federal Energy Regulatory... · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Developer, retained minority owner, managing member, asset manager, and O&M provider","name":"Clearway Energy Group, LLC","detail":"Developed and constructed Arica; retained a minority equity interest after the AIP transaction and provides project management and operating services through affiliates.","official_url":"https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com"} — AIP makes first investment in the US since the opening of New York City office - AIP · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Clearway retained-owner affiliate and managing-member vehicle","name":"Clearway Energy, Inc.","detail":"Retained the Clearway-side interest through the transaction structure and serves as managing member through an affiliate; Clearway also provides asset-management and O&M services.","official_url":"https://www.clearwayenergy.com"} — AIP makes first investment in the US since the opening of New York City office - AIP · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Construction lead","name":"SOLV Energy","detail":"Led construction of the Arica and Victory Pass solar projects.","official_url":"https://www.solvenergy.com"} — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.6: {"relationship":"Battery equipment supplier","name":"Fluence","detail":"Supplied the battery-storage systems for the Arica and Victory Pass projects.","official_url":"https://fluenceenergy.com"} — Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Transmission owner, interconnection party, and offtaker","name":"Southern California Edison Company","detail":"Party to the Arica large-generator interconnection arrangement and a named Arica contract customer in Clearway’s operating announcement.","official_url":"https://www.sce.com"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.9: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"Clean Power Alliance","detail":"Signed a PPA for Arica output and was named as an Arica customer in the project’s contracting announcements.","official_url":"https://cleanpoweralliance.org"} — Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.10: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"Signed a PPA for Arica output and was named as an Arica customer in the project’s contracting announcements.","official_url":"https://peninsulacleanenergy.com"} — Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.11: {"relationship":"PPA customer/offtaker","name":"MCE","detail":"Named by Clearway as one of the customers contracting for Arica output in the project’s placed-in-service announcement.","official_url":"https://mcecleanenergy.org"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.12: {"relationship":"Parent of a named offtaker affiliate","name":"NRG Energy, Inc.","detail":"Clearway identified an affiliate of NRG Energy as a customer contracting for Arica output.","official_url":"https://www.nrg.com"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.13: {"relationship":"Corporate PPA customer/offtaker","name":"PepsiCo, Inc.","detail":"Signed a separate PPA for Arica output as part of the project’s original three-customer contracting structure.","official_url":"https://www.pepsico.com"} — Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.14: {"relationship":"Federal land and right-of-way authorizing agency","name":"Bureau of Land Management","detail":"Arica is located on BLM-administered land, and BLM authorized the project’s construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning rights-of-way.","official_url":"https://www.blm.gov"} — Source · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2021-12-16 — Output contracting
  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.
  Source: Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy (https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-completes-additional-long-term-solar-energy-storage-contracts-for-riverside-ca-projects/)
- 2022 — Planned construction start
  Clearway stated that Arica construction would begin in 2022 under a project labor agreement; the project was being developed on land under BLM jurisdiction.
  Source: Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy (https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-completes-additional-long-term-solar-energy-storage-contracts-for-riverside-ca-projects/)
- 2023-04-06 — Construction financing close
  Clearway closed approximately $1 billion of construction loans and project letters of credit for Arica and Victory Pass combined, with committed tax equity and long-term common equity also arranged.
  Source: Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy (https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-energy-group-closes-financing-on-two-california-solar-and-storage-projects/)
- 2024-04-17 — Project placed in service
  Clearway announced that the Arica and Victory Pass solar-and-storage projects had been placed in service.
  Source: Source (https://clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-brings-online-large-solar-storage-energy-complex-in-riverside-county-california)

## Sources

- [Clearway Brings Online Large Solar + Storage ...](https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-brings-online-large-solar-storage-energy-complex-in-riverside-county-california/) — clearwayenergygroup.com · tier other
- [MBR | Index](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=726) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · tier regulatory
- [MBR | Index](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=731) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · tier regulatory
- [Public Queue Report](https://www.caiso.com/documents/publicqueuereport.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [The BLM approves Arica and Victory Pass solar projects | Bureau of Land Management](https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-approves-arica-and-victory-pass-solar-projects) — blm.gov · tier regulatory
- [Clearway Energy Group Closes Financing on Two California Solar and Storage Projects - Clearway Energy](https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-energy-group-closes-financing-on-two-california-solar-and-storage-projects/) — clearwayenergygroup.com · tier other
- [Arica and Victory Pass Solar Projects - CEQAnet - CA.gov](https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2020100076/2) — ceqanet.lci.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Arica - AIP](https://aipmanagement.dk/investments/arica/) — aipmanagement.dk · tier other
- [Source](https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=183499) — nrm.dfg.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Blymyer’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) expertise benefits Victory Pass and Arica solar projects - Blymyer Engineers](https://www.blymyerengineers.com/blymyers-battery-energy-storage-system-bess-expertise-benefits-victory-pass-and-arica-solar-projects/) — blymyerengineers.com · tier other
- [Energy Storage Technology](https://fluenceenergy.com/energy-storage-technology/) — fluenceenergy.com · tier other
- [MBR | Lookup Data](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/LookupData/Index/entities_to_genassets?page=285) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · tier regulatory
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- [Source](https://clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-brings-online-large-solar-storage-energy-complex-in-riverside-county-california) — clearwayenergygroup.com · tier other
- [AIP Management invests over $400m in California solar ...](https://realassets.ipe.com/news/aip-management-invests-over-400m-in-california-solar-projects/10064592.article) — realassets.ipe.com · tier other
- [Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside County, CA Projects - Clearway Energy](https://www.clearwayenergygroup.com/press-releases/clearway-completes-additional-long-term-solar-energy-storage-contracts-for-riverside-ca-projects/) — clearwayenergygroup.com · tier other
- [Source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1567683/000110465922130953/tm2233662d1_ex10-1.htm) — sec.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://blm.gov/press-release/blm-approves-arica-and-victory-pass-solar-projects) — blm.gov · tier regulatory
- [Meter Exemptions 2026](https://www.caiso.com/documents/metering-exemption-listing-report-2026.pdf) — caiso.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The approximately $1 billion financing and the reported transaction consideration exceeding $400 million applied to the combined Arica and Victory Pass portfolio, not to Arica Solar alone; no Arica-only allocation was disclosed. The EIA-indexed record identifies the first unit online on March 1, 2024, while Clearway announced the projects’ placement in service on April 17, 2024; these are treated as unit-level and project-level milestones, respectively. No separate post-operation expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is included through August 2, 2026; the available plant records continue to identify Arica as an operating 399 MW hybrid facility.

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