# Centinela Solar Energy

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Centinela Solar Energy is a solar power facility with 174.8 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Imperial County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 58430. Project filings list 875,000 solar panels and 2 inverters for the facility. The plant began commercial operation in 2014.

## Key facts

- Technology: Solar Photovoltaic
- Power capacity: 174.79999999999998 MW
- Operating status: operating
- Retirement: 2023

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO (CAISO)
- Substation: Imperial Valley Substation
- Point of interconnection: Imperial Valley Substation
- Interconnection voltage: 230 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: capdyn.com — Source · confidence: medium
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- Identifiers: [{"value":"58430","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO power market"},{"value":"CSE1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE3","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE4","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE5","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE6","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"EG13-37-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"ER13-1561-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"685","system":"CAISO queue ID — Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II, withdrawn"},{"value":"1090","system":"CAISO queue ID — Centinela Solar Energy Facility 2MWFT, withdrawn"},{"value":"CNTNLA_2_","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"Centinela Solar Energy I","system":"CAISO participating resource"}] — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"58430","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"CISO","system":"EIA balancing authority"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO power market"},{"value":"CSE1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE2","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE3","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE4","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE5","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CSE6","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"EG13-37-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"ER13-1561-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"685","system":"CAISO queue ID — Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II, withdrawn"},{"value":"1090","system":"CAISO queue ID — Centinela Solar Energy Facility 2MWFT, withdrawn"},{"value":"CNTNLA_2_","system":"CAISO resource ID"},{"value":"Centinela Solar Energy I","system":"CAISO participating resource"}] — Resource category and phase · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Arevon Energy, Inc.","official_url":"https://arevonenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Project company; FERC registered applicant and market-rate authorization holder","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"EPC contractor and former operations-and-maintenance contractor","name":"Fluor Corporation","official_url":"https://www.fluor.com/"},{"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under long-term PPAs","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"},{"relationship":"Lead public agency for the project environmental review","name":"Imperial County","official_url":"https://www.imperialcounty.org/"}] — Source · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Arevon Energy, Inc.","official_url":"https://arevonenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Project company; FERC registered applicant and market-rate authorization holder","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"EPC contractor and former operations-and-maintenance contractor","name":"Fluor Corporation","official_url":"https://www.fluor.com/"},{"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under long-term PPAs","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"},{"relationship":"Lead public agency for the project environmental review","name":"Imperial County","official_url":"https://www.imperialcounty.org/"}] — Federal Register :: Combined Notice of Filings #1 · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Arevon Energy, Inc.","official_url":"https://arevonenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Project company; FERC registered applicant and market-rate authorization holder","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"EPC contractor and former operations-and-maintenance contractor","name":"Fluor Corporation","official_url":"https://www.fluor.com/"},{"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under long-term PPAs","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"},{"relationship":"Lead public agency for the project environmental review","name":"Imperial County","official_url":"https://www.imperialcounty.org/"}] — CENTINELA SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY YINGLI SOLAR’S LARGEST PROJECT IS POWERED BY CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"},{"relationship":"Operator","name":"Arevon Energy, Inc.","official_url":"https://arevonenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Project company; FERC registered applicant and market-rate authorization holder","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"},{"relationship":"EPC contractor and former operations-and-maintenance contractor","name":"Fluor Corporation","official_url":"https://www.fluor.com/"},{"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under long-term PPAs","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"},{"relationship":"Lead public agency for the project environmental review","name":"Imperial County","official_url":"https://www.imperialcounty.org/"}] — Centinela Solar Energy Project · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.9: {"value":"EG13-37-000","system":"FERC docket"} — Federal Register :: Combined Notice of Filings #1 · confidence: high
- Identifiers.10: {"value":"ER13-1561-000","system":"FERC docket"} — Federal Register :: Combined Notice of Filings #1 · confidence: high
- Identifiers.11: {"value":"685","system":"CAISO queue ID — Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II, withdrawn"} — Public Queue Report · confidence: high
- Identifiers.13: {"value":"CNTNLA_2_","system":"CAISO resource ID"} — Resource category and phase · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.14: {"value":"Centinela Solar Energy I","system":"CAISO participating resource"} — Resource category and phase · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Project company; FERC registered applicant and market-rate authorization holder","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","official_url":null} — Federal Register :: Combined Notice of Filings #1 · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"} — CENTINELA SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY YINGLI SOLAR’S LARGEST PROJECT IS POWERED BY CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE · confidence: high
- Parties.6: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under long-term PPAs","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"} — Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC · confidence: high
- Parties.7: {"relationship":"Lead public agency for the project environmental review","name":"Imperial County","official_url":"https://www.imperialcounty.org/"} — Centinela Solar Energy Project · confidence: high
- Interconnection: Imperial Valley Substation, 230 kV; transmission owner San Diego Gas & Electric, via the Sunrise Powerlink transmission line — Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC · confidence: medium
- Commercial operation date: 2014 — Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC · confidence: medium
- Construction scope: Fluor completed the 125 MW Phase 1 and 45 MW Phase 2 EPC scope in August 2014 on an approximately 1,600-acre site. Reported construction included more than 875,000 Yingli PV panels/modules, Array Technologies single-axis DuraTrack HZ tracking, 15,000 tons of steel, 40 miles of cable tray, 425 miles of AC/DC cabling, Bonfiglioli RPS Station inverter platforms, and 170 MW of Bentek 1000VDC ungrounded string combiners and cable harnesses. The described Bonfiglioli platform contains two 1 MW modular inverter systems inside a precast concrete container. — March/April 2015 - Building BIG solar safetly : BackIssues, altenerG.com - enerG Alternative Sources Magazine - enerG,Archives · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.yinglisolar.com/en/product_90.html — CENTINELA SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY YINGLI SOLAR’S LARGEST PROJECT IS POWERED BY CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.yinglisolar.com/en/product_90.html — Product Specifications_Yingli Energy Development Co., Ltd · confidence: medium
- Containers: 1 — March/April 2015 - Building BIG solar safetly : BackIssues, altenerG.com - enerG Alternative Sources Magazine - enerG,Archives · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.1: {"manufacturer_domain":"bonfiglioli.com","product_url":"https://www.bonfiglioli.com/usa/en/product-category/inverters-servo-drives","count":2,"unit_mw":1,"name":"Bonfiglioli RPS Station / RPS TL-UL modular inverter systems"} — March/April 2015 - Building BIG solar safetly : BackIssues, altenerG.com - enerG Alternative Sources Magazine - enerG,Archives · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.3: {"manufacturer_domain":null,"product_url":null,"count":null,"unit_mw":null,"name":"Bentek Solar 1000VDC ungrounded string combiners and cable harnesses"} — March/April 2015 - Building BIG solar safetly : BackIssues, altenerG.com - enerG Alternative Sources Magazine - enerG,Archives · confidence: medium
- Description: Centinela Solar Energy is an operational solar photovoltaic facility in Imperial County, California, with six generating units and 174.8 MW of EIA nameplate capacity; its reported summer and winter capacity is 170 MW. Capital Dynamics acquired a 100% interest in the 252 MWdc project from LS Power in November 2020, while Arevon Energy, Inc. operates the plant. LS Power developed the facility, and Fluor completed EPC and commissioning for its 125 MW Phase 1 and 45 MW Phase 2 in August 2014, with full commercial operation achieved in summer 2014. The facility’s output was contracted to San Diego Gas & Electric under 20-year power purchase agreements. — Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power · confidence: medium
- Description: Centinela Solar Energy is an operational solar photovoltaic facility in Imperial County, California, with six generating units and 174.8 MW of EIA nameplate capacity; its reported summer and winter capacity is 170 MW. Capital Dynamics acquired a 100% interest in the 252 MWdc project from LS Power in November 2020, while Arevon Energy, Inc. operates the plant. LS Power developed the facility, and Fluor completed EPC and commissioning for its 125 MW Phase 1 and 45 MW Phase 2 in August 2014, with full commercial operation achieved in summer 2014. The facility’s output was contracted to San Diego Gas & Electric under 20-year power purchase agreements. — Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The EIA plant record reports 174.8 MW of nameplate capacity and six operational units, while project and financing sources describe the facility as approximately 170 MWac and 252 MWdc; these figures reflect different capacity and reporting bases rather than different plants.","The separate 45 MW Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II entry in the CAISO queue is marked withdrawn and should not be treated as an operating expansion of EIA plant 58430.","A 2023 California power-source disclosure record identifies retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430; this is not evidence that the generating plant itself retired. The plant record remains operational, and no separate plant retirement or repowering event is identified.","The Capital Dynamics–LS Power portfolio sale price was not disclosed. The financing amounts below are project-finance or refinancing figures and should not be interpreted as sale consideration."] — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The EIA plant record reports 174.8 MW of nameplate capacity and six operational units, while project and financing sources describe the facility as approximately 170 MWac and 252 MWdc; these figures reflect different capacity and reporting bases rather than different plants.","The separate 45 MW Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II entry in the CAISO queue is marked withdrawn and should not be treated as an operating expansion of EIA plant 58430.","A 2023 California power-source disclosure record identifies retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430; this is not evidence that the generating plant itself retired. The plant record remains operational, and no separate plant retirement or repowering event is identified.","The Capital Dynamics–LS Power portfolio sale price was not disclosed. The financing amounts below are project-finance or refinancing figures and should not be interpreted as sale consideration."] — 2023 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: CA-CIB project-bond tables list a $275 million private greenfield project bond for Centinela Solar Energy, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012, with a 22-year tenor and 5.600% fixed / 5.800% delayed coupon. A separate December 2018 operating-project bond entry lists $180 million, a 15.6-year tenor, 14.6-year weighted average life, and a 6.000% coupon; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings. In the November 2020 acquisition financing, Jefferies served as exclusive financial advisor and lead placement agent and Commonwealth Bank of Australia as co-manager of the private placement notes, but the acquisition price and financing amount were not disclosed. — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: CA-CIB project-bond tables list a $275 million private greenfield project bond for Centinela Solar Energy, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012, with a 22-year tenor and 5.600% fixed / 5.800% delayed coupon. A separate December 2018 operating-project bond entry lists $180 million, a 15.6-year tenor, 14.6-year weighted average life, and a 6.000% coupon; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings. In the November 2020 acquisition financing, Jefferies served as exclusive financial advisor and lead placement agent and Commonwealth Bank of Australia as co-manager of the private placement notes, but the acquisition price and financing amount were not disclosed. — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — E-4388 (Redacted Final Res.)-SDG&E requests approval of two renewable power purchase agreements with Centinela Solar Energy, LLC. · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — LS Power to Sell Three Solar Plants · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."},{"event":"EPC award and construction start","date":"2012","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012."},{"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."},{"event":"First generating unit online","date":"2013-07-01","detail":"The EIA plant record reports July 1, 2013 as the first-unit online date."},{"event":"Full commercial operation","date":"2014-08","detail":"Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014."},{"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."},{"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."},{"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."},{"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."},{"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."}] — 2023 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: The EIA plant record reports 174.8 MW of nameplate capacity and six operational units, while project and financing sources describe the facility as approximately 170 MWac and 252 MWdc; these figures reflect different capacity and reporting bases rather than different plants. — Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: The separate 45 MW Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II entry in the CAISO queue is marked withdrawn and should not be treated as an operating expansion of EIA plant 58430. — Public Queue Report · confidence: high
- Quality notes.2: A 2023 California power-source disclosure record identifies retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430; this is not evidence that the generating plant itself retired. The plant record remains operational, and no separate plant retirement or repowering event is identified. — 2023 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.3: The Capital Dynamics–LS Power portfolio sale price was not disclosed. The financing amounts below are project-finance or refinancing figures and should not be interpreted as sale consideration. — 2023 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Power purchase agreements approved and structured","date":"2010","detail":"California regulatory records describe two 20-year SDG&E PPAs with Centinela Solar Energy: the first resulted from SDG&E’s 2009 renewable solicitation, and the second covered an expansion. The records listed April 2013 and June 2014 online dates for the respective facilities."} — E-4388 (Redacted Final Res.)-SDG&E requests approval of two renewable power purchase agreements with Centinela Solar Energy, LLC. · confidence: high
- Timeline.2: {"event":"Initial project financing","date":"2012-10","detail":"A project-bond market table lists a $275 million private greenfield bond for the 170 MW project, sponsored by LS Power, closing in October 2012."} — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."} — Project Bonds: Solar · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Operating-project refinancing","date":"2018-12","detail":"A project-bond table lists a $180 million Centinela Solar Energy operating-project financing closing in December 2018; project-finance commentary identifies Centinela among the solar-facility refinancings."} — Project Finance · confidence: medium
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Proposed expansion withdrawn","date":null,"detail":"The CAISO public queue lists Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II as a 45 MW photovoltaic expansion in Imperial County with status WITHDRAWN. It is not an operating addition to plant 58430."} — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Timeline.7: {"event":"Sale agreement announced","date":"2020-09-28","detail":"LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020."} — LS Power to Sell Three Solar Plants · confidence: high
- Timeline.8: {"event":"Acquisition completed","date":"2020-11-19","detail":"Capital Dynamics announced completion of the acquisition from LS Power, including a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy, described in the transaction announcement as a 252 MWdc project."} — Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power · confidence: high
- Timeline.9: {"event":"Retired renewable-energy credits recorded","date":"2023","detail":"A California power-source disclosure record lists retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430. This concerns REC treatment rather than retirement of the generating facility; the plant record remains operational."} — 2023 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner; 100% project interest acquired from LS Power in 2020","name":"Capital Dynamics","detail":"Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy Infrastructure business completed the November 2020 acquisition of a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy as part of a three-project portfolio purchase from LS Power.","official_url":"https://www.capdyn.com/"} — Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Project company; PPA counterparty and FERC-registered applicant","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC was the project company that executed the SDG&E PPAs, received the Fluor EPC award, and filed the FERC exempt-wholesale-generator self-certification.","official_url":null} — E-4388 (Redacted Final Res.)-SDG&E requests approval of two renewable power purchase agreements with Centinela Solar Energy, LLC. · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Project company; PPA counterparty and FERC-registered applicant","name":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC","detail":"Centinela Solar Energy, LLC was the project company that executed the SDG&E PPAs, received the Fluor EPC award, and filed the FERC exempt-wholesale-generator self-certification.","official_url":null} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","detail":"LS Power developed Centinela, owned the project before the 2020 sale, and announced the agreement to sell its interest to Capital Dynamics.","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"} — LS Power to Sell Three Solar Plants · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Developer and prior owner","name":"LS Power","detail":"LS Power developed Centinela, owned the project before the 2020 sale, and announced the agreement to sell its interest to Capital Dynamics.","official_url":"https://www.lspower.com/"} — Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"PV module supplier / OEM","name":"Yingli Americas","detail":"Yingli documentation identifies the Centinela Solar Energy Facility as a 200 MWdc project using Yingli YGE-U 72-cell series modules and approximately 700,000 modules.","official_url":"https://www.yinglisolar.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2011-01-13 — Power purchase agreement
  California Public Utilities Commission approval of SDG&E's PPA with Centinela Solar Energy, LLC. The underlying agreement resulted from SDG&E's 2009 RPS solicitation; its execution date was not disclosed in the cited public record. The PPA covered 110 MW and 235.1 GWh/year.
  Source: E-4388 (Redacted Agenda Draft Res.-1st Revision) -SDG&E requests approval of two renewable power purchase agreements with Centinela Solar Energy, LLC. (https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/AGENDA_RESOLUTION/129323.htm)
- 2012 — EPC award and construction start
  Centinela Solar Energy, LLC, an LS Power member, awarded Fluor a lump-sum EPC contract and a separate O&M contract in September 2012. Fluor received full notice to proceed for Phase 1 in the third quarter of 2012; contemporary project reporting places groundbreaking in December 2012.
  Source: Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC (https://www.fluor.com/projects/solar-power-epc-operations-maintenance)
- 2014-08 — Full commercial operation
  Fluor states that EPC and commissioning for both phases were completed in August 2014 and that the facility achieved full commercial operation in summer 2014.
  Source: Centinela Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant - Fluor EPC (https://www.fluor.com/projects/solar-power-epc-operations-maintenance)
- 2020-09-28 — Sale agreement announced
  LS Power announced an agreement to sell its interests in Centinela Solar Energy and two other solar projects to Capital Dynamics, subject to customary approvals and expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.
  Source: LS Power to Sell Three Solar Plants (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ls-power-to-sell-three-solar-plants-301139074.html)
- 2020-11 — Acquisition closed
  Capital Dynamics completed its acquisition from LS Power of a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy. LS Power separately described the asset as 252 MWdc / 170 MWac. The separately announced portfolio financing of over USD 400 million was not allocated to this exact asset and is excluded.
  Source: Capital Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Three Solar Photovoltaic Projects from LS Power (https://www.capdyn.com/Customer-Content/www/news/PDFs/Capital_Dynamics__Completes_Acquisition_of_Three_Solar_Photovoltaic_Projects_from_LS_Power.pdf)

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## Data quality

- The EIA plant record reports 174.8 MW of nameplate capacity and six operational units, while project and financing sources describe the facility as approximately 170 MWac and 252 MWdc; these figures reflect different capacity and reporting bases rather than different plants. The separate 45 MW Centinela Solar Energy Expansion II entry in the CAISO queue is marked withdrawn and should not be treated as an operating expansion of EIA plant 58430. A 2023 California power-source disclosure record identifies retired unbundled renewable-energy credits associated with EIA plant 58430; this is not evidence that the generating plant itself retired. The plant record remains operational, and no separate plant retirement or repowering event is identified. The Capital Dynamics–LS Power portfolio sale price was not disclosed. The financing amounts below are project-finance or refinancing figures and should not be interpreted as sale consideration.

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