Western Antelope Blue Sky B

OperatingSolar

Ranked #183 of 963 Solar plants in CA#1710 of 7447 nationally

20 MW Solar operating in Los Angeles, CA — California Independent System Operator

EIAGEMWD

20 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Solar Photovoltaic

Technology

2016

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

34.7321, -118.3136

County

Los Angeles, CA

Nearby Plants

Antelope Expansion 3A
Solar15 MW · 0.9 km
Elevation Solar C
Solar40 MW · 0.9 km
Antelope DSR 3
Solar20 MW · 1.0 km

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	AES Distributed Energy	AES Distributed Energy	—
Owner(s)	Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch B	SPower LLC [100%]	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as SPower LLC [100%]

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

About

Western Antelope Blue Sky B is a 20 MW solar photovoltaic power plant located in Los Angeles County, California. The plant, which began operating in 2016, has a single generator and utilizes single-axis tracking. AES Distributed Energy is the operator of the facility. The plant is within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region.

In its most recent year of operation, Western Antelope Blue Sky B generated 50,174 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 28.5%. The plant holds a rank of 132 out of 862 solar facilities in California, and a national rank of 1447 out of 7108. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $68.67 per MWh, according to data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

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Engineering & Generators