Vista Sands Solar — Plant Summary
- EIA Plant ID
- 67551
- Capacity
- 1182 MW
- Primary Fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Status
- Planned
- Location
- Portage, WI
- Operating Since
- —
- Generators
- 1
- Operator
- Vista Sands Solar LLC
- Parent Company
- —
- Balancing Authority
- Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
- ISO/RTO
- MISO
- NERC Region
- MRO
Vista Sands Solar
PlannedSolarGEM: pre-construction
Ranked #1 of 102 Solar plants in WI#4 of 7447 nationally
1182 MW Solar planned in Portage, WI — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
EIAGEM
1,182 MW
Nameplate Capacity
1
Generators
unit
Solar Photovoltaic
Technology
Planned: —
Planned Operation
Location
Coordinates
44.4463, -89.5763
County
Portage, WI
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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 | Vista Sands Solar LLC | Doral Renewables LLC | — |
| Owner(s) | Vista Sands Solar LLC | Doral Renewables LLC | — |
| Status | Planned | pre-construction | — |
Ownership Chain
GEM identifies the owner as Doral Renewables LLC
This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.
About
Vista Sands Solar is a 1,182 MW solar photovoltaic power plant located in Portage County, Wisconsin. It is the largest solar plant in Wisconsin out of 11 such plants, and ranks third nationally among 639 solar facilities. The plant is owned and operated by Vista Sands Solar LLC. It utilizes fixed-tilt solar tracking technology.
The plant connects to the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO) balancing authority, within the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region. The facility consists of a single generator.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
Engineering & Generators
Grid Context
NERC Region
MRO
Balancing Authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Grid Voltage
345 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Independent Power Producer
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Generation
No generation data available for this plant.
Financial Data
No financial data available for this plant.
Pricing & Market Data
HIGH confidencePoint of Interconnection
Nearest Substation
Plover · 115 kV
Substation Distance
< 10 km
Coord Source
OSM spatial
Market Position
ISO/RTO Market
MISO
LMP Node
—
Pricing Hub
MICHIGAN.HUB
Node Source
OSM spatial match
Substation identified. Node ID not yet resolved against ISO roster.
News & Articles (10)Beta
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Doral Renewables Secures Nearly $900 Million of Financing Commitments for Construction of Cold Creek Solar + Storage Project
PRNewswire/ -- Doral Renewables LLC ("Doral"), a leading, U.S. utility-scale solar and battery storage developer and independent power...
PR Newswire·Yesterday
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Doral Renewables closes USD 900m for Texas solar-storage project
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Renewables Now·Yesterday
Industry·project finance
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