Chaves Solar, LLC

OperatingSolar

Ranked #19 of 114 Solar plants in NM#1257 of 7790 nationally

70 MW Solar operating in Chaves, NM — Southwest Power Pool

EIAGEMWD

70 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Solar Photovoltaic

Technology

2016

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.0944, -89.4181

County

Chaves, NM

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Status

as of 9y 7m ago

Latest milestonecommissioning · 2016-10-06NextEra Energy Newsroom · 2016-10-06

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	Chaves Solar LLC	NextEra Energy	—
Owner(s)	Chaves Solar LLC	NextEra Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

DeveloperNextEra Energy ResourcesNextEra Energy Newsroom · 2016-10-06

About

Chaves Solar, LLC is a 70 MW solar photovoltaic power plant located in Chaves County, New Mexico. The plant began operating in 2016 and has one generator. It is owned and operated by Chaves Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy. The facility utilizes single-axis tracking to maximize solar energy capture. Chaves Solar is ranked as the 7th largest solar plant in New Mexico out of 84, and 1017th nationally out of 7108.

The plant's primary fuel source is the sun. In its latest year of reported generation, Chaves Solar produced 154,745 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 25.2%. The plant operates within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region. Financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $41.64 per MWh, based on data from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

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