# Skipjack Solar Center

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/skipjack-solar-center

The AES Corporation - Charles City County - PJM

Skipjack Solar Center is a 175 MWdc utility-scale solar photovoltaic facility located in Charles City County, Virginia, on a former timber farm. The project consists of one generating unit equipped with more than 500,000 solar panels mounted on single-axis tracking systems. The facility is owned and operated by The AES Corporation through AES Distributed Energy and produces more than 350,000 MWh of solar power annually. Energy and renewable energy certificates are purchased by Constellation and sold to three major commercial customers: Johns Hopkins University, McCormick & Company, and TJX Companies. The facility is built on approximately 2,200 acres and includes agrivoltaic grazing partnerships.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 175 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 62675 — plant-62675

## Facts

- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic
- **Operator:** The AES Corporation

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator / developer:** The AES Corporation — Owner, developer, and operator ([source](https://www.aes.com/))
- **Project company:** Skipjack Solar Center, LLC — Legal project entity and Virginia CPCN holder
- **Developer / construction contractor:** sPower — Historical builder and developer
- **Offtaker / power marketer:** Constellation — Energy and renewable-energy-certificate purchaser; retail power provider ([source](https://www.constellationenergy.com/))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Booth & Associates — EPC and substation contractor ([source](https://www.booth-assoc.com/))
- **Regulator:** Virginia State Corporation Commission — State regulator and CPCN authority ([source](https://www.scc.virginia.gov/))
- **Tax equity investor:** Republic Services, Inc. — Corporate tax-equity investor ([source](https://www.republicservices.com/))
- **Former owner:** Fir Tree Partners — Seller of the historical sPower platform ([source](https://www.firtree.com/))

## Sources

- [aimco.ca](https://aimco.ca/insights/spower-acquisition) — aimco.ca · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [hub.jhu.edu](https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/08/03/skipjack-solar-center-now-operating/) — hub.jhu.edu · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchMBRAssetAppendix/AssetAppendixDetails?AssetAppendixId=1734) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [openei.org](https://openei.org/wiki/InSPIRE/Sites/Skipjack_Solar_Center) — openei.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [uspowergauge.com](https://uspowergauge.com/plants/virginia/skipjack-solar-center-62675) — uspowergauge.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/skipjack-solar-center
Website: [The AES Corporation](https://www.aes.com/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/