Cimarron Solar Facility

OperatingSolar

Ranked #25 of 97 Solar plants in NM#1466 of 7447 nationally

30.6 MW Solar operating in Colfax, NM — Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region

EIAGEMWD

30.6 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Solar Photovoltaic

Technology

2010

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.5720, -84.2619

County

Colfax, NM

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Southern Power Co	First Solar	First Solar
Owner(s)	SP Cimmaron I, LLC	Turner Renewable Energy; Southern Co	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as Turner Renewable Energy; Southern Co

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

The Cimarron Solar Facility is a 30 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. It was the largest solar facility in the state when completed in December 2010, and uses Thin-film solar panels manufactured by the U.S. firm First Solar. The electricity is being sold to Tri-State Generation and Transmission under a 25-year power purchase agreement.

Read more on Wikipedia

The Cimarron Solar Facility is a 30.6 MW solar photovoltaic power plant located in Colfax County, New Mexico. It began operating in 2010 and has one generator. The primary fuel source is solar energy. The plant is owned and operated by Southern Power Co. and operates within the Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region balancing authority, part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). Cimarron Solar Facility is ranked 15th out of 84 solar plants in New Mexico and 1271st nationally out of 7108 plants.

The facility's latest annual generation was 44,625 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 16.6%. The solar panels utilize a fixed-tilt tracking system. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $152.15 per MWh.

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

WECC

Balancing Authority

Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region

Grid Voltage

115 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Investor-Owned Utility

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

3.7K MWh

Latest Month

44.6K MWh

Annual Generation

16.6%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial DataBeta

Source: LBNL Utility-Scale SolarHIGH

$126.2/MWh

LCOE (Levelized Cost)

$152.2/MWh

PPA Price

$13.8/MWh

Energy Value

Pricing & Market Data

This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.

News & Articles (6)Beta

Industry·technology

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Regulatory·federal policy

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U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office (regulator)

Department of Energy (.gov)·1 years ago