# Chaparral Springs

CAISO Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/chaparral-springs

Chaparral Springs is a hybrid solar and battery storage facility with 262 MW of EIA-reported total operating capacity and 352 MWh of reported storage energy capacity in Kern County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 64864. Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC is the public owner or developer; Leeward Asset Management, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. The facility uses Powin Stack 230P BESS 1000Vdc equipment; public project records list 323 battery containers. Its grid role is flexible, dispatchable solar-plus-storage resource that stores solar energy during low-demand or excess-production periods and dispatches it during peak demand to support grid reliability and flexibility.

## Key facts

- Technology: Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic
- Power capacity: 262 MW
- Energy capacity: 352 MWh
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO (CAISO)

## Source-backed facts

- Identifiers: [{"value":"64864","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"CAISO / CISO","system":"ISO/RTO and balancing authority"},{"value":"CHAPB","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"Chaparral Springs, LLC LGIA","system":"CAISO interconnection agreement"},{"value":"ER22-2622-000","system":"FERC docket"}] — Federal Register :: Chaparral Springs, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: medium
- Official project url: https://www.lreus.com/projects/chaparral-springs/ — Chaparral Springs - Leeward Renewable Energy · confidence: high
- Owner name: Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Description: Chaparral Springs is an operational solar-and-battery power plant in Kern County, California, with EIA plant ID 64864 and 262 MW of nameplate capacity across four generating units. The plant entered operation in 2025 and operates in the CAISO market under the CISO balancing authority. Leeward identifies the project as a 174 MWac photovoltaic facility paired with an 88 MW battery system; the battery system has 352 MWh of storage capacity. — Chaparral Springs - Leeward Renewable Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Chaparral Springs is an operational solar-and-battery power plant in Kern County, California, with EIA plant ID 64864 and 262 MW of nameplate capacity across four generating units. The plant entered operation in 2025 and operates in the CAISO market under the CISO balancing authority. Leeward identifies the project as a 174 MWac photovoltaic facility paired with an 88 MW battery system; the battery system has 352 MWh of storage capacity. — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"},{"relationship":"EIA-listed operator","name":"Leeward Asset Management, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Registered project company and CAISO interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","official_url":null}] — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"},{"relationship":"EIA-listed operator","name":"Leeward Asset Management, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Registered project company and CAISO interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","official_url":null}] — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: medium
- Parties: [{"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"},{"relationship":"EIA-listed operator","name":"Leeward Asset Management, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Registered project company and CAISO interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","official_url":null}] — Federal Register :: Chaparral Springs, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"ER22-2622-000","system":"FERC docket"} — Federal Register :: Chaparral Springs, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: high
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Parties.2: {"relationship":"Registered project company and CAISO interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","official_url":null} — Federal Register :: Chaparral Springs, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: high
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","official_url":null} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: high
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: high
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"} — Valley Clean Energy: Home · confidence: high
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","official_url":null} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Parties.6: {"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","official_url":null} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Parties.7: {"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","official_url":null} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Parties.8: {"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","official_url":null} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: medium
- Parties.9: {"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","official_url":null} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Duration hours: 4 — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: high
- Construction scope: Operational Chaparral Springs is a hybrid facility comprising a 174 MW photovoltaic solar plant and an 88 MW / 352 MWh, four-hour BESS. The BESS includes 323 storage containers and 28 battery packs as reported; Powin supplied the batteries/full BESS solution, using LFP chemistry and Stack 230P 1000Vdc equipment. No aggregate battery-pack total is inferred from the source wording. — Battery energy storage system comes online to serve Kern County residents – pv magazine USA · confidence: medium
- Battery units: 28 — Battery energy storage system comes online to serve Kern County residents – pv magazine USA · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://powin.com/powin-selected-by-leeward-renewable-energy-to-provide-bess-at-the-rabbitbrush-solar-project/ — Powin Selected by Leeward Renewable Energy to Provide... · confidence: medium
- Containers: 323 — Battery energy storage system comes online to serve Kern County residents – pv magazine USA · confidence: medium
- Manufacturer name: Powin — Battery energy storage system comes online to serve Kern County residents – pv magazine USA · confidence: medium
- Description: Chaparral Springs is an operational solar-and-storage plant in Kern County, California, with 262 MW of nameplate capacity across four generating units. Leeward Renewable Energy developed, owns, and operates the facility, which operates in the CAISO market under the CISO balancing authority. The project was originally marketed as the Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage facility before the project company was renamed Chaparral Springs, LLC through a merger. Its first EIA-recorded unit entered service in April 2025, and LRE announced that the battery system was fully operational on May 6, 2025. — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Description: Chaparral Springs is an operational solar-and-storage plant in Kern County, California, with 262 MW of nameplate capacity across four generating units. Leeward Renewable Energy developed, owns, and operates the facility, which operates in the CAISO market under the CISO balancing authority. The project was originally marketed as the Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage facility before the project company was renamed Chaparral Springs, LLC through a merger. Its first EIA-recorded unit entered service in April 2025, and LRE announced that the battery system was fully operational on May 6, 2025. — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The original Willow Springs 3 PPA described a 72 MW solar facility paired with a 36 MW/144 MWh battery, while LRE's later Chaparral Springs description lists a 174 MWac PV facility and an 88 MW battery; LRE describes the larger configuration as part of a broader, multi-phase initiative.","LRE initially expected completion by the end of 2023, but EIA-derived records show initial operation in April 2025 and LRE announced full BESS operation on May 6, 2025.","The documented ownership history identifies LRE as the planned owner and operator and Chaparral Springs, LLC as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC. No buyer, seller, sale consideration, or separate project-acquisition month and year is disclosed in the identified project history."] — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The original Willow Springs 3 PPA described a 72 MW solar facility paired with a 36 MW/144 MWh battery, while LRE's later Chaparral Springs description lists a 174 MWac PV facility and an 88 MW battery; LRE describes the larger configuration as part of a broader, multi-phase initiative.","LRE initially expected completion by the end of 2023, but EIA-derived records show initial operation in April 2025 and LRE announced full BESS operation on May 6, 2025.","The documented ownership history identifies LRE as the planned owner and operator and Chaparral Springs, LLC as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC. No buyer, seller, sale consideration, or separate project-acquisition month and year is disclosed in the identified project history."] — Chaparral Springs - Leeward Renewable Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The original Willow Springs 3 PPA described a 72 MW solar facility paired with a 36 MW/144 MWh battery, while LRE's later Chaparral Springs description lists a 174 MWac PV facility and an 88 MW battery; LRE describes the larger configuration as part of a broader, multi-phase initiative.","LRE initially expected completion by the end of 2023, but EIA-derived records show initial operation in April 2025 and LRE announced full BESS operation on May 6, 2025.","The documented ownership history identifies LRE as the planned owner and operator and Chaparral Springs, LLC as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC. No buyer, seller, sale consideration, or separate project-acquisition month and year is disclosed in the identified project history."] — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: On January 10, 2023, Leeward Renewable Energy announced approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing for Chaparral Springs. Wells Fargo served as administrative agent, green structuring agent, and coordinating lead arranger; MUFG and Silicon Valley Bank served as joint lead arrangers. J.P. Morgan Chase provided approximately $29 million of tax equity and committed an additional approximately $114 million when the project became operational, for approximately $143 million of total tax-equity investment. These amounts are project financing and tax equity, not disclosed sale consideration. — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Timeline: [{"event":"Project PPA and Willow Springs 3 naming","date":"2021-10-19","detail":"Leeward Renewable Energy and Valley Clean Energy announced a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA for the then-named Willow Springs 3 facility, described at that time as 72 MW of solar and 36 MW/144 MWh of battery storage."},{"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2021-12","detail":"LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023."},{"event":"Construction financing and tax equity","date":"2023-01-10","detail":"LRE closed approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing and secured approximately $143 million of J.P. Morgan Chase tax equity commitments."},{"event":"Project-company merger and renaming","date":"2024-06-13","detail":"A Valley Clean Energy PPA amendment identified Chaparral Springs, LLC as the successor by merger of Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC."},{"event":"First EIA-recorded unit entered service","date":"2025-04-01","detail":"EIA-derived plant records show the first unit online in April 2025; the EIA plant record identifies four operational units totaling 262 MW."},{"event":"Battery commercial operation","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"LRE announced that the 88 MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System was fully operational in Kern County."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."}] — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Project PPA and Willow Springs 3 naming","date":"2021-10-19","detail":"Leeward Renewable Energy and Valley Clean Energy announced a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA for the then-named Willow Springs 3 facility, described at that time as 72 MW of solar and 36 MW/144 MWh of battery storage."},{"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2021-12","detail":"LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023."},{"event":"Construction financing and tax equity","date":"2023-01-10","detail":"LRE closed approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing and secured approximately $143 million of J.P. Morgan Chase tax equity commitments."},{"event":"Project-company merger and renaming","date":"2024-06-13","detail":"A Valley Clean Energy PPA amendment identified Chaparral Springs, LLC as the successor by merger of Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC."},{"event":"First EIA-recorded unit entered service","date":"2025-04-01","detail":"EIA-derived plant records show the first unit online in April 2025; the EIA plant record identifies four operational units totaling 262 MW."},{"event":"Battery commercial operation","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"LRE announced that the 88 MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System was fully operational in Kern County."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."}] — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Project PPA and Willow Springs 3 naming","date":"2021-10-19","detail":"Leeward Renewable Energy and Valley Clean Energy announced a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA for the then-named Willow Springs 3 facility, described at that time as 72 MW of solar and 36 MW/144 MWh of battery storage."},{"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2021-12","detail":"LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023."},{"event":"Construction financing and tax equity","date":"2023-01-10","detail":"LRE closed approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing and secured approximately $143 million of J.P. Morgan Chase tax equity commitments."},{"event":"Project-company merger and renaming","date":"2024-06-13","detail":"A Valley Clean Energy PPA amendment identified Chaparral Springs, LLC as the successor by merger of Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC."},{"event":"First EIA-recorded unit entered service","date":"2025-04-01","detail":"EIA-derived plant records show the first unit online in April 2025; the EIA plant record identifies four operational units totaling 262 MW."},{"event":"Battery commercial operation","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"LRE announced that the 88 MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System was fully operational in Kern County."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."}] — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Project PPA and Willow Springs 3 naming","date":"2021-10-19","detail":"Leeward Renewable Energy and Valley Clean Energy announced a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA for the then-named Willow Springs 3 facility, described at that time as 72 MW of solar and 36 MW/144 MWh of battery storage."},{"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2021-12","detail":"LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023."},{"event":"Construction financing and tax equity","date":"2023-01-10","detail":"LRE closed approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing and secured approximately $143 million of J.P. Morgan Chase tax equity commitments."},{"event":"Project-company merger and renaming","date":"2024-06-13","detail":"A Valley Clean Energy PPA amendment identified Chaparral Springs, LLC as the successor by merger of Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC."},{"event":"First EIA-recorded unit entered service","date":"2025-04-01","detail":"EIA-derived plant records show the first unit online in April 2025; the EIA plant record identifies four operational units totaling 262 MW."},{"event":"Battery commercial operation","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"LRE announced that the 88 MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System was fully operational in Kern County."},{"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."}] — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","detail":"Developed, owns, and operates the Chaparral Springs solar and battery facility.","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"},{"relationship":"EIA-listed operator","name":"Leeward Asset Management, LLC","detail":"Listed as the operator of EIA plant 64864.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Registered project company and interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","detail":"Delaware project company and CAISO interconnection customer; identified in the 2024 PPA amendment as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Predecessor project company","name":"Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC","detail":"Predecessor project company and indirect subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy; the Willow Springs 3 project was later documented under Chaparral Springs, LLC.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"One of the two community-choice electricity providers identified by LRE as purchasing energy from Chaparral Springs under a 15-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","detail":"Entered into the 15-year Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage PPA with LRE and is identified as one of the two purchasers of Chaparral Springs output.","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","detail":"Administrative agent, green structuring agent, and coordinating lead arranger for the approximately $260 million construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.wellsfargo.com/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.svb.com/"},{"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","detail":"Provided approximately $29 million of tax equity and committed an additional approximately $114 million after operations, for approximately $143 million in total tax equity.","official_url":"https://www.jpmorgan.com/"},{"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","detail":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy.","official_url":"https://www.omers.com/"}] — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties: [{"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","detail":"Developed, owns, and operates the Chaparral Springs solar and battery facility.","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"},{"relationship":"EIA-listed operator","name":"Leeward Asset Management, LLC","detail":"Listed as the operator of EIA plant 64864.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Registered project company and interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","detail":"Delaware project company and CAISO interconnection customer; identified in the 2024 PPA amendment as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Predecessor project company","name":"Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC","detail":"Predecessor project company and indirect subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy; the Willow Springs 3 project was later documented under Chaparral Springs, LLC.","official_url":null},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"One of the two community-choice electricity providers identified by LRE as purchasing energy from Chaparral Springs under a 15-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com/"},{"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","detail":"Entered into the 15-year Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage PPA with LRE and is identified as one of the two purchasers of Chaparral Springs output.","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","detail":"Administrative agent, green structuring agent, and coordinating lead arranger for the approximately $260 million construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.wellsfargo.com/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/"},{"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.svb.com/"},{"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","detail":"Provided approximately $29 million of tax equity and committed an additional approximately $114 million after operations, for approximately $143 million in total tax equity.","official_url":"https://www.jpmorgan.com/"},{"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","detail":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy.","official_url":"https://www.omers.com/"}] — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner and developer","name":"Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC","detail":"Developed, owns, and operates the Chaparral Springs solar and battery facility.","official_url":"https://www.lreus.com/"} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Registered project company and interconnection customer","name":"Chaparral Springs, LLC","detail":"Delaware project company and CAISO interconnection customer; identified in the 2024 PPA amendment as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC.","official_url":null} — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.3: {"relationship":"Predecessor project company","name":"Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC","detail":"Predecessor project company and indirect subsidiary of Leeward Renewable Energy; the Willow Springs 3 project was later documented under Chaparral Springs, LLC.","official_url":null} — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"One of the two community-choice electricity providers identified by LRE as purchasing energy from Chaparral Springs under a 15-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com/"} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Peninsula Clean Energy","detail":"One of the two community-choice electricity providers identified by LRE as purchasing energy from Chaparral Springs under a 15-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.peninsulacleanenergy.com/"} — Peninsula Clean Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","detail":"Entered into the 15-year Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage PPA with LRE and is identified as one of the two purchasers of Chaparral Springs output.","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"} — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Power purchaser under a 15-year PPA","name":"Valley Clean Energy","detail":"Entered into the 15-year Willow Springs 3 solar-plus-storage PPA with LRE and is identified as one of the two purchasers of Chaparral Springs output.","official_url":"https://valleycleanenergy.org/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.6: {"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","detail":"Administrative agent, green structuring agent, and coordinating lead arranger for the approximately $260 million construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.wellsfargo.com/"} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.6: {"relationship":"Construction financing arranger and green structuring agent","name":"Wells Fargo","detail":"Administrative agent, green structuring agent, and coordinating lead arranger for the approximately $260 million construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.wellsfargo.com/"} — Wells Fargo Bank | Financial Services & Online Banking · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.7: {"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/"} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.7: {"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"MUFG","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.mufgamericas.com/"} — MUFG Americas: Homepage · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Construction financing joint lead arranger","name":"Silicon Valley Bank","detail":"Joint lead arranger for the approximately $260 million Green Loan construction financing.","official_url":"https://www.svb.com/"} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.9: {"relationship":"Tax equity investor","name":"J.P. Morgan Chase","detail":"Provided approximately $29 million of tax equity and committed an additional approximately $114 million after operations, for approximately $143 million in total tax equity.","official_url":"https://www.jpmorgan.com/"} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.10: {"relationship":"Parent infrastructure investor","name":"OMERS Infrastructure","detail":"Parent infrastructure investor of Leeward Renewable Energy.","official_url":"https://www.omers.com/"} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Project PPA and Willow Springs 3 naming","date":"2021-10-19","detail":"Leeward Renewable Energy and Valley Clean Energy announced a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA for the then-named Willow Springs 3 facility, described at that time as 72 MW of solar and 36 MW/144 MWh of battery storage."} — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: high
- Timeline.1: {"event":"Planned construction start","date":"2021-12","detail":"LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023."} — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: high
- Timeline.2: {"event":"Construction financing and tax equity","date":"2023-01-10","detail":"LRE closed approximately $260 million of Green Loan construction financing and secured approximately $143 million of J.P. Morgan Chase tax equity commitments."} — Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project · confidence: high
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Project-company merger and renaming","date":"2024-06-13","detail":"A Valley Clean Energy PPA amendment identified Chaparral Springs, LLC as the successor by merger of Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC."} — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Battery commercial operation","date":"2025-05-06","detail":"LRE announced that the 88 MW/352 MWh Chaparral Springs Battery Energy Storage System was fully operational in Kern County."} — LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs · confidence: high
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."} — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.6: {"event":"Acquisition or sale history","date":null,"detail":"The documented project history describes LRE as developer, owner, and operator from the Willow Springs 3 phase onward and records a project-company merger, but does not identify a separate project acquisition, seller, buyer, sale consideration, or transaction month and year."} — Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-... · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: The original Willow Springs 3 PPA described a 72 MW solar facility paired with a 36 MW/144 MWh battery, while LRE's later Chaparral Springs description lists a 174 MWac PV facility and an 88 MW battery; LRE describes the larger configuration as part of a broader, multi-phase initiative. — LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2021-10-15 — Power purchase agreement
  Valley Clean Energy entered a PPA with Willow Springs Solar 3 LLC dated October 15, 2021. The 2024 amendment identifies Chaparral Springs, LLC as successor by merger and Valley Clean Energy Alliance as buyer. Project described as 72 MW AC PV facility coupled with 36 MW/144 MWh BESS.
  Source: Source (https://valleycleanenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-6-13-24.pdf)
- 2021-12 — Planned construction start
  LRE stated that construction of Willow Springs 3 was scheduled to begin in December 2021, with energy delivery originally expected by December 2023.
  Source: LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA (https://www.lreus.com/leeward-renewable-energy-valley-clean-energy-sign-15-year-solar-plus-storage-power-purchase-agreement-for-willow-springs-3-solar-facility/)

## Sources

- [Chaparral Springs, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial ...](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/08/15/2022-17490/chaparral-springs-llc-supplemental-notice-that-initial-market-based-rate-filing-includes-request-for) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory
- [Chaparral Springs - Leeward Renewable Energy](https://www.lreus.com/projects/chaparral-springs/) — lreus.com · tier other
- [LRE Commences Operations at Chaparral Springs](https://www.lreus.com/lre-commences-operations-at-chaparral-springs-bess/) — lreus.com · tier other
- [Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230110005816/en/Leeward-Renewable-Energy-Closes-Financing-for-Chaparral-Springs-Solar-Storage-Project) — businesswire.com · tier other
- [Valley Clean Energy: Home](https://valleycleanenergy.org/) — valleycleanenergy.org · tier other
- [Battery energy storage system comes online to serve Kern County residents – pv magazine USA](https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/05/07/battery-energy-storage-system-comes-online-to-serve-kern-county-residents/) — pv-magazine-usa.com · tier other
- [Powin Selected by Leeward Renewable Energy to Provide ...](https://powin.com/powin-selected-by-leeward-renewable-energy-to-provide-bess-at-the-rabbitbrush-solar-project/) — powin.com · tier other
- [LRE, Valley Clean Energy Sign 15-year Solar-Plus-Storage PPA](https://www.lreus.com/leeward-renewable-energy-valley-clean-energy-sign-15-year-solar-plus-storage-power-purchase-agreement-for-willow-springs-3-solar-facility/) — lreus.com · tier other
- [Source](https://valleycleanenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/Item-10-Amendment-to-Leeward-Willy-9-Chap-2-PPA-6-13-24.pdf) — valleycleanenergy.org · tier other
- [Peninsula Clean Energy](https://www.redwoodcity.org/residents/join-the-conversation/peninsula-clean-energy-program-faq) — redwoodcity.org · tier other
- [Wells Fargo Bank | Financial Services & Online Banking](https://www.wellsfargo.com/) — wellsfargo.com · tier other
- [MUFG Americas: Homepage](https://www.mufgamericas.com/) — mufgamericas.com · tier other
- [Source](https://lreus.com/lre-commences-operations-at-chaparral-springs-bess) — lreus.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The original Willow Springs 3 PPA described a 72 MW solar facility paired with a 36 MW/144 MWh battery, while LRE's later Chaparral Springs description lists a 174 MWac PV facility and an 88 MW battery; LRE describes the larger configuration as part of a broader, multi-phase initiative. The documented ownership history identifies LRE as the planned owner and operator and Chaparral Springs, LLC as successor by merger to Willow Springs Solar 3, LLC. No buyer, seller, sale consideration, or separate project-acquisition month and year is disclosed in the identified project history.

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