# Blythe Solar IV, LLC

CAISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/blythe-solar-iv-llc

NextEra Blythe Solar Energy Center, LLC · Riverside County · CAISO

Blythe Solar IV, LLC is a hybrid solar and battery storage facility with 184.4 MW of EIA-reported total operating capacity and 47 MWh of reported storage energy capacity in Riverside County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 60095. Blythe Solar IV, LLC owns and operates the plant. Project filings list 250,000 solar panels for the facility.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Hybrid solar-photovoltaic and battery generating resource participating in CAISO, with separate Unit 4A, Unit 4B, and Unit 4 BESS resources.
- **Grid connection:** Southern California Edison’s Colorado River Substation (CRS) · 230 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE).
- **Physical build:** Operational hybrid plant with three generating units totaling 184.4 MW: two 68.7 MW solar photovoltaic generators and one 47 MW battery generator. The Blythe Solar IV solar portion is described as a 62.5 MW portion of a 125 MW unit using photovoltaic panels on horizontal single-axis trackers, with panel strings aggregated at inverters and associated transformers. The broader build includes solar arrays, shared operations and maintenance facilities, an onsite switchyard, access and maintenance roads, perimeter fencing, and a 230-kV gen-tie. The exact Blythe Solar IV facility description reports approximately 250,000 photovoltaic panels for the 62.5 MW portion.

## Metrics

- **Generation / storage:** 184.4 MW total / 47 MWh storage — Reported plant capacity and configuration.
- **Technology:** Solar + battery storage — Primary generation technology.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 60095 — Blythe Solar IV, LLC · Riverside County · CAISO
- **Storage duration:** 1 hour — Battery subsystem rating.
- **Operating status:** Operating — Blythe Solar IV, LLC is operating.
- **Grid connection:** Southern California Edison’s Colorado River Substation (CRS) — 230 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE)
- **Equipment:** 250,000 panels — Installed equipment documented in public project records.

## Facts

- **Reported capacity:** 184.4 MW — Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic · confidence: high
- **Energy:** 47 MWh — 1-hour storage duration · confidence: medium
- **Operating status:** operating — Blythe Solar IV, LLC is operating. · confidence: medium
- **Interconnection:** Southern California Edison’s Colorado River Substation (CRS) — 230 kV · Southern California Edison (SCE) · confidence: medium
- **Location:** Riverside County — CAISO · confidence: high
- **Operator:** Blythe Solar IV, LLC · confidence: high
- **Asset role:** solar — CAISO · Riverside County

## Related parties

- **Operator:** Blythe Solar IV, LLC

## Sources

- [Government public record](https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data/?api_key=DEMO_KEY&frequency=monthly&data%5B0%5D=nameplate-capacity-mw&data%5B1%5D=net-summer-capacity-mw&data%5B2%5D=net-winter-capacity-mw&data%5B3%5D=operating-year-month&data%5B4%5D=county&facets%5Bplantid%5D%5B%5D=60095&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=desc&offset=0&length=3) — api.eia.gov · regulatory — {"warnings":[{"warning":"incomplete return","description":"The API can only return 5000 rows in JSON format.
- [Project Home Page](https://eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?id=366ba393-a7f2-f011-8407-001dd80c29f3) — eplanning.blm.gov · regulatory — Project Name: Blythe Mesa Solar Power Project Electrical Transmission Connection: A 230 kV gen-tie line will cross public land to connect the solar energy generating facility to the Southern California Edison Colorado River Substation, located approximately four miles from the southernmost portion of the project.
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- [Where We Source Our Power](https://cleanpowersf.org/where-we-source-our-power) — cleanpowersf.org · other — Blythe Solar IV Blythe Solar

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