Grid connection · Kern County, California, United States
CPC West grid connection (CAISO 96)
CPC West grid connection (CAISO 96) is a planned grid connection in Kern County, California, United States, with 600 MW of capacity, connected by California Independent System Operator Corporation.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | CPC WEST grid connection (CAISO 96) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Kern County (connects at Tehachapi Conceptual Substation #1) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (active; interconnection agreement executed, cluster Serial LGIP) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 MW | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Storage (registered as Wind Turbine / Storage Battery / Storage Battery) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind (registered as Wind Turbine / Storage Battery / Storage Battery) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | California Independent System Operator Corporation | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 1 Mar 2006 | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 5 Jul 2026 (proposed) | CAISO queue report · CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its grid operator.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the grid operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Entered the connection queue
How it compares
CPC West grid connection (CAISO 96) is the 27th-largest of 487 grid connections in California and the 254th-largest of 4,021 in the United States by capacity; its 600 MW is <0.1% of the 923,876 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 27th of 487 | 131,091 MW | 0.46% |
| United States | 254th of 4,021 | 923,876 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 553rd of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Was due to connect; the register does not list it as connected
Grid operator and place
More from California Independent System Operator Corporation
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- Bearing Energy grid connection (CAISO 55369)1,500 MW
- Ormond Beach Energy Center grid connection (CAISO 55341)1,491 MW
- Sanborn Hybrid 3 grid connection (CAISO 1632)1,400 MW
- Angeleno Solar Farm grid connection (CAISO 1625)1,150 MW
- Wingtip Solar 1 grid connection (CAISO 1943)1,150 MW
- Darden grid connection (CAISO 1949)1,150 MW
Other grid connections in California
- Holman grid connection (CAISO 1889)1,500 MW
- Ormond Beach Energy Center grid connection (CAISO 55341)1,491 MW
- Sanborn Hybrid 3 grid connection (CAISO 1632)1,400 MW
- Angeleno Solar Farm grid connection (CAISO 1625)1,150 MW
- Darden grid connection (CAISO 1949)1,150 MW
- Fair Sky Energy grid connection (CAISO 55252)1,150 MW
- Muon grid connection (CAISO 2266)1,150 MW
- Umbriel grid connection (CAISO 2166)1,150 MW
Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.