Victory Pass — 250 MW hybrid plant, Riverside County, CA

Victory Pass — 250 MW hybrid plant, Riverside County, CA · Ask the Grid

Generation and physical site

EIA plant 65743 · Inventory for Sep 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Battery storage: 50 MW
Solar: 200 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (2)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Victory Pass
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
VCTBA	Batteries	Operating	50	200
VCTPV	Solar Photovoltaic	Operating	200	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 33.70549, -115.28244
Filed location · EIA: 33.70100, -115.31630

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Sep 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 24, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Jan 6, 2026
Map prepared: Oct 24, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
VCTBA	50 MW 50 MW summer	Batteries BA	Mar 2024	Operating
VCTPV	200 MW 200 MW summer	Solar Photovoltaic PV	Mar 2024	Operating

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

PPA Authorization And Execution

May 12, 2021

SVCE authorized execution of a 15-year PPA with Victory Pass I, LLC for 100 MW solar + 25 MW battery storage, with total amount not to exceed $149 million. Delivery period 2023-2038.

$149.0M100 MW contracted15 yearsVictory Pass I, LLC · Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority

Source

PPA Commercial Delivery

Mar 28, 2024

Commercial online delivery of Victory Pass began March 28, 2024. SVCE and 3CE each receive 100 MW solar + 100 MWh battery storage under 15-year agreements. Total project is 200 MW solar + 200 MWh BESS.

200 MW contracted15 yearsVictory Pass I, LLC · Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority · Central Coast Community Energy

Victory Pass Solar and Storage Project Begins Generation for Central Coast Community Energy and Silicon Valley Clean Energy Customers - SVCE

Land and environmental record

Biological And Streambed Permits

Dec 2, 2021

CDFW ITP 2081-2021-029-06 and LSA EPIMS-RIV-19443-R6 with 5-year term

Victory Pass-specific Incidental Take Permit and Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement for Mojave desert tortoise and fish/wildlife protections with 5-year duration.

Arica Solar and Victory Pass Solar Projects

Environmental Approval Milestone

Dec 2, 2021

California CEQA Final EIR certified and project approved on December 2, 2021, with mitigation monitoring and reporting requirements

CDFW Notice of Determination confirms Final EIR certification, significant environmental impacts, mitigation conditions, monitoring plan adoption, and Statement of Overriding Considerations.

Arica Solar and Victory Pass Solar Projects

Federal Land Authorization

Dec 21, 2021

BLM right-of-way authorization covers construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning

BLM approved a right-of-way for Clearway Energy Group to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the Victory Pass photovoltaic facility and battery storage on BLM-managed public land.

The BLM approves Arica and Victory Pass solar projects | Bureau of Land Management

Land Tenure And Area

Oct 2, 2020

BLM-administered federal land; approximately 1,800 acres for the Victory Pass project area

Victory Pass is proposed on federal BLM land. The 1,800-acre figure is the project-area/site figure and should not be treated as the final disturbed footprint.

Source

Legal Land Description

Oct 2, 2020

Township 5 South, Range 16 East, Sections 22 (SW1/4 and SE1/2), 25 (NW1/4 and SW1/4), and 26

Federal-land legal description for Victory Pass Solar Field placed in T. 5 S., R. 16 E, covering approximately 1,800 acres.

Source

Mapped facility footprint

Mapped infrastructure geometry associated with this asset.© OpenStreetMap contributors · relation/20052424

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
Power Purchase AgreementSource
SVCE authorized execution of a 15-year PPA with Victory Pass I, LLC for 100 MW solar + 25 MW battery storage, with total amount not to exceed $149 million. Delivery period 2023-2038.
Apr 6, 2023
Apr 6, 2023
Financing close and constructionClearway En...
Clearway announced financial close on the Victory Pass and Arica facilities, with construction underway on BLM land and approximately $1 billion of combined construction loans and project letters of credit.
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
Clearway Energy acquisition closecwen-202412...
Clearway Energy, Inc., through VP-Arica Parent Holdco LLC, acquired the Class A membership interests in VP-Arica TargetCo LLC, the indirect owner of Victory Pass and Arica, from Clearway Renew for initial cash consideration of $46 million. A cash-equity investor simultaneously acquired the Class B interests for initial cash consideration of $87 million.
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator VCTBA, generator VCTPV with this operating date.
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
Substantial completion and additional purchase pricecwen-202412...
Victory Pass and Arica reached substantial completion. Clearway Energy, Inc. paid Clearway Renew an additional $165 million purchase price, while the cash-equity investor contributed an additional $347 million and the tax-equity investor contributed an additional $410 million.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

federalregister.govVictory Pass I, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market...regulatory

Common questions about Victory Pass

Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.

How big is Victory Pass?

Victory Pass reports 50 MW battery storage + 200 MW solar of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.

What kind of plant is Victory Pass?

Victory Pass is a Batteries, Solar Photovoltaic facility in Riverside County, CA, participating in the CAISO market.

Where is Victory Pass located?

Victory Pass is in Riverside County, CA, inside the CAISO balancing area.

Who operates Victory Pass?

Victory Pass is operated by Victory Pass I, LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Victory Pass generate?

Victory Pass reported 562.8 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Victory Pass connect to the grid?

Victory Pass interconnects at Red Bluff Substation, on the Southern California Edison (SCE) system.

How does Victory Pass compare to other plants?

By capacity, Victory Pass ranks #152 of 7,597 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #28 of 972 in CA.

Co-located assets

Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.

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