# Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC CAISO Solar Photovoltaic, Batteries · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/northern-orchard-solar-pv-llc Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is a hybrid solar and battery storage facility with 242 MW of EIA-reported total operating capacity and 368 MWh of reported storage energy capacity in Kern County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 67039. RWE Clean Energy is the registered plant entity or operator. Its grid role is transmission-connected solar-plus-storage hybrid resource; the battery contract specifies daily availability during the 5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. period, supporting evening-peak dispatch. NORORC_2_NOSBX2. ## Key facts - Technology: Solar Photovoltaic, Batteries - Power capacity: 242 MW - Energy capacity: 368 MWh - Operating status: operating ## Grid and market context - ISO/RTO: CAISO - Balancing authority: CISO (CAISO) ## Source-backed facts - Owner logo domain: rwe.com — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Identifiers: [{"value":"67039","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"NO1","system":"EIA generator ID — solar photovoltaic"},{"value":"NOBAT","system":"EIA generator ID — battery"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO / power market"},{"value":"NORORC_2_NOSBX2","system":"CAISO market-resource node"},{"value":"ER24-706-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"7022-E","system":"CPUC advice letter"},{"value":"E-5297","system":"CPUC resolution"}] — Federal Register :: Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: medium - Identifiers: [{"value":"67039","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"NO1","system":"EIA generator ID — solar photovoltaic"},{"value":"NOBAT","system":"EIA generator ID — battery"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"ISO/RTO / power market"},{"value":"NORORC_2_NOSBX2","system":"CAISO market-resource node"},{"value":"ER24-706-000","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"7022-E","system":"CPUC advice letter"},{"value":"E-5297","system":"CPUC resolution"}] — Source · confidence: medium - Description: Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC is an operational 242 MW solar-and-battery hybrid plant in Kern County, California, with two generating units and first operation reported in July 2025. The plant comprises a 150 MW solar photovoltaic generator and a 92 MW battery generator with 368 MWh of energy capacity. It operates in the CISO balancing authority and CAISO power market. — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Identifiers.6: {"value":"ER24-706-000","system":"FERC docket"} — Federal Register :: Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization · confidence: high - Identifiers.8: {"value":"E-5297","system":"CPUC resolution"} — Source · confidence: high - Product url: https://www.tesla.com/megapack — Big battery Tracker (1673) · confidence: medium - Product url: https://www.tesla.com/megapack — Megapack · confidence: medium - Product url: https://www.tesla.com/megapack — Big battery Tracker (1673) · confidence: medium - Quality notes: ["The CPUC/PGE contract describes 172.131 MW of solar PV for the contracted hybrid resource, while RWE and EIA-derived plant records report 150 MWac of solar capacity and 242 MW of total plant capacity; these figures are retained as source-specific values rather than treated as interchangeable.","The PPA specified a scheduled initial delivery date of June 1, 2024, but the plant record reports commercial operation on June 30, 2025. RWE's December 2024 release also stated that the 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months.","No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close or amount, construction-start date, expansion, retirement, or repowering date is disclosed in the cited project and regulatory records. RWE's March 2023, $6.8 billion acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses was a corporate transaction and is not treated as sale consideration for Northern Orchard."] — Source · confidence: medium - Quality notes: ["The CPUC/PGE contract describes 172.131 MW of solar PV for the contracted hybrid resource, while RWE and EIA-derived plant records report 150 MWac of solar capacity and 242 MW of total plant capacity; these figures are retained as source-specific values rather than treated as interchangeable.","The PPA specified a scheduled initial delivery date of June 1, 2024, but the plant record reports commercial operation on June 30, 2025. RWE's December 2024 release also stated that the 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months.","No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close or amount, construction-start date, expansion, retirement, or repowering date is disclosed in the cited project and regulatory records. RWE's March 2023, $6.8 billion acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses was a corporate transaction and is not treated as sale consideration for Northern Orchard."] — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Financing summary: No project-level construction debt, tax-equity financing, financing amount, or named financing parties were disclosed. The CPUC record states that the PPA's contract costs were confidential, so the PPA approval does not establish a project-financing amount. No project sale consideration or portfolio transaction value is identified for Northern Orchard. — Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 7022E Disposition: Signed Effective Date: 01-11-2024 · confidence: medium - Financing summary: No project-level construction debt, tax-equity financing, financing amount, or named financing parties were disclosed. The CPUC record states that the PPA's contract costs were confidential, so the PPA approval does not establish a project-financing amount. No project sale consideration or portfolio transaction value is identified for Northern Orchard. — Source · confidence: medium - Timeline: [{"event":"PPA procurement filing","date":"2023-09","detail":"PG&E filed Advice Letter 7022-E for a Northern Orchard hybrid-resource PPA. The public project description identified a transmission-connected solar-and-storage resource in Kern County, with a 15-year term and scheduled initial delivery on June 1, 2024."},{"event":"CPUC PPA approval","date":"2024-01-11","detail":"The California Public Utilities Commission approved PG&E's 15-year PPA with Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC for a hybrid resource comprising solar PV and lithium-ion battery storage."},{"event":"Solar commissioning announced","date":"2024-12-18","detail":"RWE identified Northern Orchard as a recently commissioned 150 MWac solar project contributing to its U.S. 10 GW clean-generation milestone. RWE stated that the co-located 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2025-06-30","detail":"EIA-derived project data reports that the Northern Orchard plant began commercial operation on June 30, 2025; the plant record lists 242 MW total capacity and two operational generating units."},{"event":"Acquisition, financing, expansion, and retirement history","date":null,"detail":"No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close, construction-start, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is publicly disclosed in the cited records."}] — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Legal owner","name":"Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC","detail":"Project-owning entity named in the PG&E PPA and CPUC approval record.","official_url":null} — Source · confidence: high - Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Ultimate parent","name":"RWE AG","detail":"The CPUC record identifies RWE AG as the parent company of Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC.","official_url":"https://www.rwe.com/en"} — Source · confidence: high - Quality notes.0: The CPUC/PGE contract describes 172.131 MW of solar PV for the contracted hybrid resource, while RWE and EIA-derived plant records report 150 MWac of solar capacity and 242 MW of total plant capacity; these figures are retained as source-specific values rather than treated as interchangeable. — Source · confidence: medium - Quality notes.1: The PPA specified a scheduled initial delivery date of June 1, 2024, but the plant record reports commercial operation on June 30, 2025. RWE's December 2024 release also stated that the 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months. — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Quality notes.1: The PPA specified a scheduled initial delivery date of June 1, 2024, but the plant record reports commercial operation on June 30, 2025. RWE's December 2024 release also stated that the 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months. — Source · confidence: medium - Quality notes.2: No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close or amount, construction-start date, expansion, retirement, or repowering date is disclosed in the cited project and regulatory records. RWE's March 2023, $6.8 billion acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses was a corporate transaction and is not treated as sale consideration for Northern Orchard. — Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 7022E Disposition: Signed Effective Date: 01-11-2024 · confidence: medium - Quality notes.2: No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close or amount, construction-start date, expansion, retirement, or repowering date is disclosed in the cited project and regulatory records. RWE's March 2023, $6.8 billion acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses was a corporate transaction and is not treated as sale consideration for Northern Orchard. — Source · confidence: medium - Timeline.2: {"event":"Solar commissioning announced","date":"2024-12-18","detail":"RWE identified Northern Orchard as a recently commissioned 150 MWac solar project contributing to its U.S. 10 GW clean-generation milestone. RWE stated that the co-located 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months."} — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: high - Timeline.4: {"event":"Acquisition, financing, expansion, and retirement history","date":null,"detail":"No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close, construction-start, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is publicly disclosed in the cited records."} — RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. · confidence: medium - Timeline.4: {"event":"Acquisition, financing, expansion, and retirement history","date":null,"detail":"No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close, construction-start, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is publicly disclosed in the cited records."} — Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 7022E Disposition: Signed Effective Date: 01-11-2024 · confidence: medium - Operating status: operating — Northern Orchard Solar - Global Energy Monitor · confidence: medium ## Timeline - 2024-12-18 — Solar commissioning announced RWE identified Northern Orchard as a recently commissioned 150 MWac solar project contributing to its U.S. 10 GW clean-generation milestone. RWE stated that the co-located 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months. Source: RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S. (https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-clean-energy/2024-12-18-rwe-reaches-10-gw-clean-generation-assets-in-the-us/) ## Sources - [RWE reaches 10 gigawatts owned and operated clean generation assets in the U.S.](https://www.rwe.com/en/press/rwe-clean-energy/2024-12-18-rwe-reaches-10-gw-clean-generation-assets-in-the-us/) — rwe.com · tier other - [Federal Register :: Northern Orchard Solar PV, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/28/2023-28690/northern-orchard-solar-pv-llc-supplemental-notice-that-initial-market-based-rate-filing-includes) — federalregister.gov · tier regulatory - [Source](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M521/K358/521358278.PDF) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory - [Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 7022E Disposition: Signed Effective Date: 01-11-2024](https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/adviceletter/ELEC_7022-E.pdf) — pge.com · tier other - [Northern Orchard Solar - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Northern_Orchard_Solar) — gem.wiki · tier other - [Big battery Tracker (1673)](https://lorenz-g.github.io/tesla-megapack-tracker/all-big-batteries.html) — lorenz-g.github.io · tier other - [Megapack](https://www.tesla.com/megapack) — tesla.com · tier other - [Source](https://rwe.com/en/press/rwe-ag/2023-03-01-rwe-becomes-a-top-tier-renewable-energy-company-in-the-united-states) — rwe.com · tier other - [Pacific Gas & Electric Company ELC (Corp ID 39) Status of Advice Letter 7022E Disposition: Signed Effective Date: 01-11-2024](https://pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/adviceletter/ELEC_7022-E.pdf) — pge.com · tier other - [Public Queue Report](https://www.caiso.com/documents/publicqueuereport.xlsx) — caiso.com · tier other ## Data quality - RWE's December 2024 release also stated that the 92 MW/368 MWh battery would be commissioned in the following months. No project-level acquisition, sale, predecessor-owner transfer, financing close or amount, construction-start date, expansion, retirement, or repowering date is disclosed in the cited project and regulatory records. RWE's March 2023, $6.8 billion acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses was a corporate transaction and is not treated as sale consideration for Northern Orchard. --- Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/northern-orchard-solar-pv-llc Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/