# Pacific Wind LLC

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Pacific Wind LLC is a wind power facility with 151.7 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Kern County, California, registered as EIA Plant ID 57757. Commercial operation began in August 2012.

## Key facts

- Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
- Power capacity: 151.7 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: CAISO
- Balancing authority: CISO
- Substation: Southern California Edison Whirlwind power substation
- Point of interconnection: Southern California Edison Whirlwind power substation
- Transmission owner: Southern California Edison
- Interconnection voltage: 220 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Identifiers: [{"value":"57757","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"1","system":"EIA generator ID"},{"value":"CISO","system":"Balancing authority"},{"value":"CAISO","system":"Power market / ISO"},{"value":"Southern California Edison Whirlwind power substation","system":"Transmission interconnection"}] — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Description: Pacific Wind LLC is an operational onshore wind plant in Kern County, California. EIA records one operational generating unit with 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity and 140 MW of summer and winter capacity; the unit began operation on August 1, 2012. EDF Renewables describes the project as a 140 MW facility developed and owned by EDF Renewables, interconnecting at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind power substation and supplying San Diego Gas & Electric under a 20-year power purchase agreement. — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"Southern California Edison Whirlwind power substation","system":"Transmission interconnection"} — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Parties.4: {"relationship":"Interconnecting utility / substation owner","name":"Southern California Edison","official_url":"https://www.sce.com/"} — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Parties.5: {"relationship":"Wind-turbine OEM","name":"REpower","official_url":null} — EDF Renewables Dedicates the Pacific Wind Project and Catalina Solar Project - EDF power solutions North America · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/products-and-services/service-wind/senvion-services.html — Senvion services · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/products-and-services/service-wind/senvion-services.html — Siemens Gamesa exceeds 1 GW outside the Senvion acquisition by securing yet another 10-year service deal for two project sites in the USA · confidence: medium
- Description: Pacific Wind LLC is an operational onshore wind plant in Kern County, California. EIA records one operational generating unit with 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity and 140 MW of summer and winter capacity; the unit entered service on August 1, 2012. EDF developed and built the project, which it marketed as a 140 MW facility consisting of 70 REpower 2.05 MW turbines, interconnecting at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation. In 2012, EDF Renewable Energy sold the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback and leased it back to EDF; EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. is identified as the operator. Electricity is delivered into the CAISO system for San Diego Gas & Electric under a 20-year power purchase agreement. — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["EIA reports 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity and one generating unit, while EDF describes the project as 140 MW consisting of 70 REpower 2.05 MW turbines; these reflect different reporting bases and do not establish an expansion.","The documented sale-leaseback occurred in 2012, but the cited ownership record does not specify a transaction month or disclose sale consideration.","The September 2012 announcement identifies sale-leaseback financing participants but does not disclose a Pacific Wind project-level financing amount. Its reference to more than $4 billion covers EDF financing facilities closed over the preceding ten years and is not a Pacific Wind transaction value.","The project is identified as operational in the latest cited EIA record; no expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is documented in the cited project history."] — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original SDG&E power purchase agreement executed","date":"2005-10","detail":"The original Pacific Wind PPA resulted from SDG&E’s 2004 renewable-energy solicitation and was executed in October 2005."},{"event":"PPA amendments","date":"2007-12-31","detail":"The Pacific Wind PPA was amended to extend financial-commitment milestones; a further amendment followed on December 31, 2008 to address interconnection timing and the commercial-operation schedule."},{"event":"Amended and restated PPA","date":"2010-04","detail":"SDG&E and enXco, the EDF affiliate developing the project, negotiated an amended and restated 20-year PPA for a 140 MW facility, with expected delivery at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation and an August 31, 2012 commercial-operation deadline."},{"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."},{"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-08-01","detail":"The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012."},{"event":"Financing and operational announcement","date":"2012-09-12","detail":"EDF announced that the 140 MW project was operational, supplying the regional transmission grid and delivering power into CAISO for SDG&E’s generation portfolio under a 20-year PPA; the same announcement disclosed the sale-leaseback financing."},{"event":"Latest cited operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The latest cited EIA record identifies Pacific Wind LLC as operational with one operational wind generating unit, 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity, and EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. as operator."}] — E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original SDG&E power purchase agreement executed","date":"2005-10","detail":"The original Pacific Wind PPA resulted from SDG&E’s 2004 renewable-energy solicitation and was executed in October 2005."},{"event":"PPA amendments","date":"2007-12-31","detail":"The Pacific Wind PPA was amended to extend financial-commitment milestones; a further amendment followed on December 31, 2008 to address interconnection timing and the commercial-operation schedule."},{"event":"Amended and restated PPA","date":"2010-04","detail":"SDG&E and enXco, the EDF affiliate developing the project, negotiated an amended and restated 20-year PPA for a 140 MW facility, with expected delivery at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation and an August 31, 2012 commercial-operation deadline."},{"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."},{"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-08-01","detail":"The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012."},{"event":"Financing and operational announcement","date":"2012-09-12","detail":"EDF announced that the 140 MW project was operational, supplying the regional transmission grid and delivering power into CAISO for SDG&E’s generation portfolio under a 20-year PPA; the same announcement disclosed the sale-leaseback financing."},{"event":"Latest cited operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The latest cited EIA record identifies Pacific Wind LLC as operational with one operational wind generating unit, 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity, and EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. as operator."}] — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original SDG&E power purchase agreement executed","date":"2005-10","detail":"The original Pacific Wind PPA resulted from SDG&E’s 2004 renewable-energy solicitation and was executed in October 2005."},{"event":"PPA amendments","date":"2007-12-31","detail":"The Pacific Wind PPA was amended to extend financial-commitment milestones; a further amendment followed on December 31, 2008 to address interconnection timing and the commercial-operation schedule."},{"event":"Amended and restated PPA","date":"2010-04","detail":"SDG&E and enXco, the EDF affiliate developing the project, negotiated an amended and restated 20-year PPA for a 140 MW facility, with expected delivery at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation and an August 31, 2012 commercial-operation deadline."},{"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."},{"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-08-01","detail":"The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012."},{"event":"Financing and operational announcement","date":"2012-09-12","detail":"EDF announced that the 140 MW project was operational, supplying the regional transmission grid and delivering power into CAISO for SDG&E’s generation portfolio under a 20-year PPA; the same announcement disclosed the sale-leaseback financing."},{"event":"Latest cited operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The latest cited EIA record identifies Pacific Wind LLC as operational with one operational wind generating unit, 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity, and EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. as operator."}] — Wind power project to be built by Mortenson Construction · confidence: medium
- Timeline: [{"event":"Original SDG&E power purchase agreement executed","date":"2005-10","detail":"The original Pacific Wind PPA resulted from SDG&E’s 2004 renewable-energy solicitation and was executed in October 2005."},{"event":"PPA amendments","date":"2007-12-31","detail":"The Pacific Wind PPA was amended to extend financial-commitment milestones; a further amendment followed on December 31, 2008 to address interconnection timing and the commercial-operation schedule."},{"event":"Amended and restated PPA","date":"2010-04","detail":"SDG&E and enXco, the EDF affiliate developing the project, negotiated an amended and restated 20-year PPA for a 140 MW facility, with expected delivery at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation and an August 31, 2012 commercial-operation deadline."},{"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."},{"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."},{"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-08-01","detail":"The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012."},{"event":"Financing and operational announcement","date":"2012-09-12","detail":"EDF announced that the 140 MW project was operational, supplying the regional transmission grid and delivering power into CAISO for SDG&E’s generation portfolio under a 20-year PPA; the same announcement disclosed the sale-leaseback financing."},{"event":"Latest cited operating status","date":"2026-08-02","detail":"The latest cited EIA record identifies Pacific Wind LLC as operational with one operational wind generating unit, 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity, and EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. as operator."}] — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Original SDG&E power purchase agreement executed","date":"2005-10","detail":"The original Pacific Wind PPA resulted from SDG&E’s 2004 renewable-energy solicitation and was executed in October 2005."} — E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution · confidence: medium
- Timeline.1: {"event":"PPA amendments","date":"2007-12-31","detail":"The Pacific Wind PPA was amended to extend financial-commitment milestones; a further amendment followed on December 31, 2008 to address interconnection timing and the commercial-operation schedule."} — E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution · confidence: high
- Timeline.2: {"event":"Amended and restated PPA","date":"2010-04","detail":"SDG&E and enXco, the EDF affiliate developing the project, negotiated an amended and restated 20-year PPA for a 140 MW facility, with expected delivery at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind substation and an August 31, 2012 commercial-operation deadline."} — E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."} — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Construction","date":"2011","detail":"Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility."} — Wind power project to be built by Mortenson Construction · confidence: medium
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."} — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Timeline.4: {"event":"Sale-leaseback ownership transaction","date":"2012","detail":"EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. sold Pacific Wind and the project to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback transaction and leased the wind farm back to EDF. The cited record identifies the year but not the transaction month."} — Indemnification Agreement No Bar to Plaintiff's Right to Recover · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Commercial operation","date":"2012-08-01","detail":"The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012."} — Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North... · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.1: {"relationship":"Operator and EDF leaseback affiliate","name":"EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.","detail":"EIA identifies EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. as the plant operator. The 2012 sale-leaseback leased the project back to an EDF affiliate.","official_url":"https://www.edf-re.com/"} — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Sale-leaseback acquirer and lessor","name":"PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust","detail":"The trust acquired Pacific Wind and the project from EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. in a 2012 sale-leaseback transaction; the wind farm was then leased back to EDF.","official_url":null} — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Interconnecting utility and substation owner","name":"Southern California Edison","detail":"Pacific Wind interconnects at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind power substation.","official_url":"https://www.sce.com/"} — Source · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.8: {"relationship":"Interconnecting utility and substation owner","name":"Southern California Edison","detail":"Pacific Wind interconnects at Southern California Edison’s Whirlwind power substation.","official_url":"https://www.sce.com/"} — E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.10: {"relationship":"Construction contractor","name":"Mortenson Construction","detail":"Mortenson was selected to design and construct access roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and the operations and maintenance facility.","official_url":"https://www.mortenson.com/"} — Wind power project to be built by Mortenson Construction · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: The documented sale-leaseback occurred in 2012, but the cited ownership record does not specify a transaction month or disclose sale consideration. — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Later sale or transfer: In 2012, Pacific Wind and the project were sold to PacWind Holdings Lessor Trust in a sale-leaseback and then leased back to EDF. — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Acquisition date: 2012-09-07 — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Acquirer: EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium
- Transaction scope: exact_asset — Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States · confidence: medium

## Timeline

- 2011 — Construction
  Pacific Wind started construction in fall 2011. Mortenson was selected for design and construction work including roads, foundations, turbine erection, electrical collection systems, and an operations and maintenance facility.
  Source: Wind power project to be built by Mortenson Construction (https://www.power-eng.com/renewables/wind-energy/wind-power-project-to-be-built-by-mortenson-construction/)
- 2012-08-01 — Commercial operation
  The EIA record lists the first unit as entering service on August 1, 2012; EDF’s project history states that commercial operation was reached in August 2012.
  Source: E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution (https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION/122269.htm)
- 2012-09-12 — Financing and operational announcement
  EDF announced that the 140 MW project was operational, supplying the regional transmission grid and delivering power into CAISO for SDG&E’s generation portfolio under a 20-year PPA; the same announcement disclosed the sale-leaseback financing.
  Source: EDF Renewables Announces Operation of the 140 Megawatt Pacific Wind Project - EDF power solutions North America (https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/edf-renewable-energy-announces-operation-140-megawatt-pacific-wind-project/)

## Sources

- [EDF Renewables Announces Operation of the 140 Megawatt Pacific Wind Project - EDF power solutions North America](https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/edf-renewable-energy-announces-operation-140-megawatt-pacific-wind-project/) — edf-re.com · tier other
- [Pacific Wind - EDF power solutions North ...](https://www.edf-re.com/project/pacific-wind/) — edf-re.com · tier other
- [EDF Renewables Dedicates the Pacific Wind Project and Catalina Solar Project - EDF power solutions North America](https://www.edf-re.com/press-release/edf-renewable-energy-dedicates-pacific-wind-project-catalina-solar-project/) — edf-re.com · tier other
- [Source](https://edf-re.com/project/pacific-wind) — edf-re.com · tier other
- [Senvion services](https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/products-and-services/service-wind/senvion-services.html) — siemensgamesa.com · tier other
- [Siemens Gamesa exceeds 1 GW outside the Senvion acquisition by securing yet another 10-year service deal for two project sites in the USA](https://www.siemensgamesa.com/global/en/home/press-releases/200818-siemens-gamesa-press-release-senvion-service-usa.html) — siemensgamesa.com · tier other
- [EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions 140 MW Pacific Wind power plant in the US - EDF power solutions](https://france.edf-powersolutions.com/communiques/edf-energies-nouvelles-commissions-140-mw-pacific-wind-power-plant-in-the-us/) — france.edf-powersolutions.com · tier other
- [Pacific Wind, LLC v. United States](https://ecf.cofc.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2019cv0612-19-0) — ecf.cofc.uscourts.gov · tier regulatory
- [Indemnification Agreement No Bar to Plaintiff's Right to Recover](https://marzulla.com/blog/indemnification-agreement-no-bar-to-plaintiffs-right-to-recover/) — marzulla.com · tier other
- [E-4358 Draft Redacted Comment Resolution](https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/COMMENT_RESOLUTION/122269.htm) — docs.cpuc.ca.gov · tier regulatory
- [Wind power project to be built by Mortenson Construction](https://www.power-eng.com/renewables/wind-energy/wind-power-project-to-be-built-by-mortenson-construction/) — power-eng.com · tier other
- [Resource adequacy | California ISO](https://www.caiso.com/generation-transmission/resource-adequacy) — caiso.com · tier other

## Data quality

- EIA reports 151.7 MW of nameplate capacity and one generating unit, while EDF describes the project as 140 MW consisting of 70 REpower 2.05 MW turbines; these reflect different reporting bases and do not establish an expansion. The documented sale-leaseback occurred in 2012, but the cited ownership record does not specify a transaction month or disclose sale consideration. The September 2012 announcement identifies sale-leaseback financing participants but does not disclose a Pacific Wind project-level financing amount. Its reference to more than $4 billion covers EDF financing facilities closed over the preceding ten years and is not a Pacific Wind transaction value. The project is identified as operational in the latest cited EIA record; no expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is documented in the cited project history.

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