# CPV Backbone Solar

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cpv-backbone-solar

CPV Backbone Solar, LLC - Garrett County - PJM

CPV Backbone Solar is a 175 MW solar photovoltaic facility located in Garrett County, Maryland on a reclaimed, decommissioned coal-mine site. The project entity is CPV Backbone Solar, LLC. Its initial 160 MWac phase began commercial operations on December 22, 2025, making it Maryland's largest solar project at the time of operation. An adjacent second phase (Backbone Solar Part 2), adding up to 38.14 MWdc, is under construction and is projected to bring the facility's total installed capacity to approximately 175 MWac by 2027. The facility uses 324,000 solar panels and is designed to power approximately 30,000 homes while avoiding more than 200,000 tons of CO₂ emissions annually. It interconnects at 138 kV to the Potomac Edison grid via the existing Albright–Mt. Zion transmission line.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 175 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 67022 — plant-67022

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** CPV Backbone Solar, LLC

## Related parties

- **Operator / developer / parent company:** CPV Renewable Power, LP — CPV renewable-energy affiliate and project developer
- **Developer / parent company:** Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) — project developer and corporate organization
- **Parent company:** CPV Group LP — CPV corporate platform and majority owner of CPV Renewable Power
- **Parent company:** OPC Energy Ltd. — ultimate parent; majority owner of CPV Group LP
- **Financier / tax equity investor:** U.S. Bank — solar tax-equity financing provider
- **Financial advisor:** Marathon Capital — exclusive financial advisor for tax-equity financing
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Vanguard Energy Partners — EPC contractor
- **Offtaker:** Amazon — renewable energy purchaser / offtaker
- **Portfolio lender / lead arranger:** Deutsche Bank — Financing covers a portfolio that includes CPV Backbone Solar.
- **Portfolio lender / lead arranger:** Nomura Securities — Financing covers a portfolio that includes CPV Backbone Solar.
- **Portfolio lender:** Bank Leumi — Financing covers a portfolio that includes CPV Backbone Solar.
- **Portfolio lender:** BNP Paribas — Financing covers a portfolio that includes CPV Backbone Solar.
- **Regulator / regulatory counterparty:** Maryland Public Service Commission — state regulatory authority
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** The Potomac Edison Company — transmission owner and interconnecting utility

## Sources

- [cpv.com](https://cpv.com/2023/08/24/cpv-closes-on-370-million-renewables-revolving-credit-facilities) — cpv.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cpv.com](https://cpv.com/2025/12/22/cpv-begins-operations-at-marylands-largest-solar-project) — cpv.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cpv.com](https://cpv.com/our-fleet/cpv-backbone-solar) — cpv.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cpv.com](https://cpv.com/our-fleet/cpv-backbone-solar-part-2/) — cpv.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [f.hubspotusercontent20.net](https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4631924/md_puc_9663_2021-04-27_Application%20for%20a%20Certificate%20of%20Public%20Convenience%20and%20Necessity_9_1.pdf) — f.hubspotusercontent20.net · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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