# Manzana Wind LLC

CAISO Onshore Wind Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/manzana-wind-llc

Manzana Wind LLC is a wind power facility with 189 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Kern County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 57484. Avangrid Renewables is the public owner or developer; Avangrid Power LLC is the registered plant entity or operator.

## Key facts

- Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
- Power capacity: 189 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: California Independent System Operator (CISO/CAISO)

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: avangrid.com — Avangrid: A Leading U.S. Energy Company · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"57484","system":"EIA plant code"},{"value":"GEN1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO / CISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"MANZNA_2_WIND","system":"CAISO participating resource ID"},{"value":"15","system":"CAISO queue number"},{"value":"EG06-8-000","system":"FERC exempt wholesale generator docket"},{"value":"ER12-308-000","system":"FERC market-based-rate docket"}] — Resource category and phase · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"57484","system":"EIA plant code"},{"value":"GEN1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO / CISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"MANZNA_2_WIND","system":"CAISO participating resource ID"},{"value":"15","system":"CAISO queue number"},{"value":"EG06-8-000","system":"FERC exempt wholesale generator docket"},{"value":"ER12-308-000","system":"FERC market-based-rate docket"}] — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"57484","system":"EIA plant code"},{"value":"GEN1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CAISO / CISO","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"MANZNA_2_WIND","system":"CAISO participating resource ID"},{"value":"15","system":"CAISO queue number"},{"value":"EG06-8-000","system":"FERC exempt wholesale generator docket"},{"value":"ER12-308-000","system":"FERC market-based-rate docket"}] — Manzana Wind LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial... · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"MANZNA_2_WIND","system":"CAISO participating resource ID"} — Resource category and phase · confidence: high
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"15","system":"CAISO queue number"} — Public Queue Report · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.6: {"value":"ER12-308-000","system":"FERC market-based-rate docket"} — Manzana Wind LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial... · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Registered project entity","name":"Manzana Wind LLC","official_url":null} — Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Wind turbine OEM","name":"GE","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.7: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.8: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"City of Santa Clara, Silicon Valley Power","official_url":"https://www.svpower.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Parties.9: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"Los Angeles Department of Water and Power","official_url":"https://www.ladwp.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Site acres: 51200 — Source · confidence: medium
- Unit configuration: 126 GE 1.5 MW onshore wind turbines using wind fuel on 65-meter (213-foot) towers. — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial operation date: 2012-12 — Source · confidence: high
- Power mw: 189 — Source · confidence: high
- Unit count: 126 — Source · confidence: high
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines — Wind Turbine Portfolio | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Kind: wind — Source · confidence: high
- Equipment models: [{"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines","count":126,"unit_mw":1.5,"name":"GE 1.5 SLE-ESS"}] — MANZANAWind Power Project · confidence: medium
- Equipment models: [{"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines","count":126,"unit_mw":1.5,"name":"GE 1.5 SLE-ESS"}] — Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Product family: GE 1.5 SLE-ESS — Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Manufacturer name: GE — MANZANAWind Power Project · confidence: high
- Equipment models.0: {"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines","count":126,"unit_mw":1.5,"name":"GE 1.5 SLE-ESS"} — MANZANAWind Power Project · confidence: medium
- Equipment models.0: {"manufacturer_domain":"gevernova.com","product_url":"https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines","count":126,"unit_mw":1.5,"name":"GE 1.5 SLE-ESS"} — Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["The proposed Iberdrola-to-PG&E transaction was not completed: Iberdrola exercised its right to terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement on 2011-01-14, and PG&E could no longer purchase or construct the project.","The $911 million CPUC figure and the approximately $900 million presentation figure refer to proposed capital costs for a utility-owned project, not confirmed sale consideration or a closed project-finance debt facility.","The 2024 EIA-derived plant record lists the facility as operating at 189 MW with no completed uprate or derate; no retirement or repowering milestone is recorded in that plant record.","The project's original PG&E proposal contemplated a 246 MW facility, whereas the completed project is documented at 189 MW; the proposal should not be treated as the as-built configuration."] — D1103036 Denying a CPCN for the Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: No lender or closed project-level debt financing is disclosed in the cited records. In December 2009, PG&E sought authorization to acquire, develop, and construct the project and recover a proposed $911.0 million capital cost through rates; a related presentation described a $900 million all-capital request for a proposed 246 MW utility-owned project, with PG&E making progress payments during construction and taking ownership at completion. These were proposed utility-acquisition and construction-funding terms, not completed sale consideration or evidence of a closed debt facility. Iberdrola terminated the PSA on 2011-01-14. — Source · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: No lender or closed project-level debt financing is disclosed in the cited records. In December 2009, PG&E sought authorization to acquire, develop, and construct the project and recover a proposed $911.0 million capital cost through rates; a related presentation described a $900 million all-capital request for a proposed 246 MW utility-owned project, with PG&E making progress payments during construction and taking ownership at completion. These were proposed utility-acquisition and construction-funding terms, not completed sale consideration or evidence of a closed debt facility. Iberdrola terminated the PSA on 2011-01-14. — Source · confidence: medium
- Financing summary: No lender or closed project-level debt financing is disclosed in the cited records. In December 2009, PG&E sought authorization to acquire, develop, and construct the project and recover a proposed $911.0 million capital cost through rates; a related presentation described a $900 million all-capital request for a proposed 246 MW utility-owned project, with PG&E making progress payments during construction and taking ownership at completion. These were proposed utility-acquisition and construction-funding terms, not completed sale consideration or evidence of a closed debt facility. Iberdrola terminated the PSA on 2011-01-14. — D1103036 Denying a CPCN for the Manzana Wind Project · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Wind-turbine OEM","name":"GE","detail":"GE supplied the 126 1.5 MW onshore wind turbines used at the project.","official_url":"https://www.ge.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.10: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"San Diego Gas & Electric","detail":"SDG&E contracted for 100 MW per year from the project under a 20-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.sdge.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.11: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"City of Santa Clara, Silicon Valley Power","detail":"Silicon Valley Power contracted for 50 MW per year from the project under a 20-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.svpower.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.12: {"relationship":"Offtaker","name":"Los Angeles Department of Water and Power","detail":"LADWP contracted for 39 MW per year from the project under a 10-year PPA.","official_url":"https://www.ladwp.com/"} — Source · confidence: high
- Grid role: IPP utility-scale wind generation facility with output contracted under long-term PPAs to San Diego Gas & Electric, Silicon Valley Power, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. — Source · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2009-12 — Proposed acquisition agreement
  Iberdrola Renewables and PG&E reached an agreement for PG&E to acquire the project; PG&E signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement and planned to use an Iberdrola affiliate, PPM Technical Services, for project completion and construction.
  Source: Ebke Agenda Dec (Rev. 3) Denying a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Manzana Wind Project (https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/AGENDA_DECISION/131821.htm)
- 2010 — Proposed utility construction funding
  PG&E's proposal contemplated approximately $900 million to $911 million of capital for a utility-owned Manzana project, with progress payments during construction and ownership transferring to PG&E at completion. The proposal was for up to 246 MW, not the completed 189 MW configuration.
  Source: Source (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000100498010000020/ex99.htm)
- 2012-12 — Commercial operation
  The completed project reached commercial operation in December 2012.
  Source: Source (https://avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/manzana-project-factsheet.pdf/90972253-9ddd-805d-0306-0e3a9267a70e?t=1664386735785)

## Sources

- [Avangrid: A Leading U.S. Energy Company](https://www.avangrid.com/) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [MANZANAWind Power Project](https://www.avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/manzana-project-factsheet.pdf/90972253-9ddd-805d-0306-0e3a9267a70e?t=1664386735785) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Resource category and phase](https://www.caiso.com/documents/resourcecategoryandphaseallparticipatingresourceids.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Public Queue Report](https://www.caiso.com/documents/publicqueuereport.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other
- [Manzana Wind LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial ...](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/11/14/2011-29257/manzana-wind-llc-supplemental-notice-that-initial-market-based-rate-filing-includes-request-for) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory
- [Manzana Wind Project](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/efile/EXP/113691.pdf) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/manzana-project-factsheet.pdf/90972253-9ddd-805d-0306-0e3a9267a70e?t=1664386735785) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Wind Turbine Portfolio | GE Vernova](https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines) — gevernova.com · tier other
- [Ebke Agenda Dec (Rev. 3) Denying a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Manzana Wind Project](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/AGENDA_DECISION/131821.htm) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [D1103036 Denying a CPCN for the Manzana Wind Project](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/FINAL_DECISION/132654-04.htm) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000100498010000020/ex99.htm) — sec.gov · tier regulatory
- [E-4524 Draft Redacted Agenda Resolution (SDG&E requests approval of a power purchase agreement with Manzana Wind LLC)](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/AGENDA_RESOLUTION/171484.htm) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Avangrid Exports First Energy from Camino Solar Project, ...](https://www.avangrid.com/w/avangrid-exports-first-energy-from-camino-solar-project-delivering-energy-investment-and-jobs-to-kern-county) — avangrid.com · tier other
- [Iberdrola Renewables Announces 50-MW PPA with the City of Santa Clara - Avangrid](https://www.avangrid.com/w/iberdrola-renewables-announces-50-mw-ppa-with-the-city-of-santa-clara) — avangrid.com · tier other

## Data quality

- The 2024 EIA-derived plant record lists the facility as operating at 189 MW with no completed uprate or derate; no retirement or repowering milestone is recorded in that plant record. The project's original PG&E proposal contemplated a 246 MW facility, whereas the completed project is documented at 189 MW; the proposal should not be treated as the as-built configuration.

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