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Desert Sunlight 250, LLC

Riverside County, California · EIA plant ID 58542 · Operator: NextEra Energy Desert Sunlight 250, LLC
SolarSolar PhotovoltaicCAISOBA: CISO
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Nameplate250MWSummer 250 MW
Generators9in service
Net generation517GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor24%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2013

Monthly net generation

EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
0204060GWh201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Capacity factor by year

Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), solar units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
0%10%20%201420162018202020222024202623.6% · 12 mo

Heat rate by year

Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
YearNet GWhCapacity factorHeat rate (Btu/kWh)
201328.520.1%—
2014473.526.2%—
2015613.928.1%—
2016623.728.4%—
2017618.228.3%—
2018619.928.3%—
2019603.727.6%—
2020610.727.8%—
202158826.9%—
2022426.119.5%—
2023543.524.9%—
2024555.725.3%—
2025516.823.6%—

Generators

EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
Gen IDTechnologyPrime moverNameplate MWSummer MWOnlineStatusPlanned retirementOEM / model
DSL12Solar PhotovoltaicPV39.139.1Dec 2013Operating—coming soon
DSL13Solar PhotovoltaicPV39.139.1Jan 2014Operating—coming soon
DSL14Solar PhotovoltaicPV26.526.5Apr 2014Operating—coming soon
DSL15Solar PhotovoltaicPV13.913.9Jun 2014Operating—coming soon
DSL16Solar PhotovoltaicPV22.722.7Nov 2013Operating—coming soon
DSL17Solar PhotovoltaicPV2929Nov 2013Operating—coming soon
DSL18Solar PhotovoltaicPV2929Jun 2014Operating—coming soon
DSL19Solar PhotovoltaicPV25.225.2Oct 2014Operating—coming soon
DSL20Solar PhotovoltaicPV25.225.2Nov 2013Operating—coming soon

Owner / operator

Operator: NextEra Energy Desert Sunlight 250, LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Shaw Creek Solar31.8%80 MW
NRG Yield LLC25.0%62 MW
CalPERS17.8%45 MW
NextEra Energy Partners LP12.8%32 MW
Harbert Power Fund V6.3%16 MW
NextEra Energy Desert Sunlight 250, LLC5.3%13 MW
Sumitomo Corporation of America0.9%2 MW

Nearby plants

Within 80 km.
Sunlight Storage230 MW0.7 km
Desert Harvest, LLC80 MW1.5 km
Desert Harvest II LLC105 MW1.5 km
Desert Sunlight 300, LLC314 MW2 km
SE Athos II, LLC200 MW7.1 km
Athos Solar Project250 MW7.1 km