WHIRLWIND SUBSTATION

KERN (CA) · SCE · node key WHIRLWIND · CAISO run date 2026-10-12

Seven questions a developer, lender or counsel asks before filing here. Every figure is a CAISO row; Not public marks what the public files cannot answer and where to get it. Definitions: methodology.

Can you get in?

No official Cluster 16 availability statement names this POI. Absence of a statement is not availability.

Not public: per-constraint transmission headroom at this POI — CAISO's cluster study reports (RIMS login).

Not on this site yet: the zonal transmission-capability table CAISO publishes for cluster scoring — public; the join is planned.

Who is ahead of you?

3,273 MW (n=14)

queued ahead of a new request (legacy + C15)

2,472 MW (n=11)

with an executed interconnection agreement · public report; C15 has no IA yet

2,120 MW (n=18)

operating at this node

801 MW

Cluster 15 requests seeking full capacity

Already operating within 5 km (EIA-860): 6 plants; 706 MW nameplate; 147 MW storage (EIA reports 147 MWh, i.e. one hour or less — this may reflect how the form was filled; duration not established); oldest unit 2012; 186 MW proposed. Technology: Solar Photovoltaic 407; Onshore Wind Turbine 152; Batteries 147. Operators: Arevon Energy, Inc.; EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.; Golden Fields Solar III, LLC; RE Astoria 2 LLC; RE Astoria LLC. Owners: 8point3 Operating Company LLC; State Street Bank and Trust Company. LMP nodes reported by these generators: POD_ASTORA_2_SOLAR1-APND; POD_ASTORA_2_SOLAR2-APND. Joined by distance to this node's mapped position, not by point of interconnection: a plant on a long gen-tie lands on the nearest substation. Corporate names from a federal filing.

Not public: who the interconnection customers are (the queue) — CAISO's public files carry project names only; the projects table below is the full public record. EIA-860 names the owners of what already operates nearby, not of what is queued.

Do projects leave after seeing the costs?

5,954 MW (n=35)

received Phase II / Facilities Study results here · any sheet, public report

1,365 MW (n=7)

of that, withdrew with results in hand

0.23 (n=35)

Phase II attrition (MW share)

Not public: the network upgrade cost allocated to a project here — Phase I / Phase II study reports, served through RIMS. Ask the incumbent developer or request the report; nothing public reconstructs it.

Will you be deliverable?

166 MW (n=2)

2025 TPD requested at this node

128 MW

allocated

0 MW

refused at 0 % — contracted / shortlisted (groups A+B)

0 MW

refused at 0 % — no PPA (group D)

3 / 0

2024 cycle: projects given full / partial capacity

A 0 % in group D is the expected result for an uncontracted project; a 0 % in group A or B is a contracted project that did not get deliverability. Rows are joined through all three sheets, so a request whose project has since withdrawn still appears. CAISO states no reason.

Will the power be worth anything here?

The Local Capacity Technical Report does not name this substation on any area boundary: not encoded, which is not the same as outside every area.

Not on this site yet: day-ahead price history at this POI — CAISO OASIS publishes it; it is shown only for a pricing node confirmed by hand in data/poi_pnodes.csv, and this one is not confirmed yet.

Will the land pass intake?

Intake scoring under the 2023 IPE rewards site control, permitting progress and system need before study begins. Parcel, zoning, Williamson Act and CEC exclusion screens run for Kings and Kern counties (caiso-siting parcels, layers screen); results are in outputs/parcels_*.md for the nodes they were run on and are not yet rendered per node here.

Not public: landowner willingness and option terms — county assessor parcels give ownership class, not intent; owner names are withheld on purpose.

How long, and who gave up?

300 MW (n=1)

withdrawn since 2022 (both reports)

300 MW

of that, storage

0.09 (n=33)

storage churn · withdrawn storage ÷ queued + operating storage

1.00 (n=3)

Cluster 15 survival · active ÷ (active + withdrawn)

7,115 MW (n=28)

all-time withdrawn since 2006 · mostly wind/solar-era; colour, not signal

2026-06-01 to 2031-06-01

current on-line dates of active projects

Cluster-level time-to-withdrawal curves are on the Survival page; they compare process regimes, not only nodes.

Projects at this node (60)

Both reports. cod = current on-line date (public report) or proposed on-line date (Cluster 15). ia_status exists only in the public report. Cluster 15 deliverability is requested, not allocated.

project_name	queue_position	sheet_status	cluster	net_mw	storage_mw	deliverability	ia_status	cod	withdrawn_date
EUISMOD	2055	ACTIVE	C14	600	600	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2028-06-01
WILLOW ROCK ENERGY STORAGE	1782	ACTIVE	C13	500	108	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2030-07-01
GREASEWOOD ENERGY STORAGE	2089	ACTIVE	C14	500	500	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2031-06-01
Moonraker	2246	ACTIVE	C15	350	350	FULL CAPACITY (REQ)		2029-12-01
Zama	2247	ACTIVE	C15	350	350	FULL CAPACITY (REQ)		2029-12-01
ROSAMOND WEST SOLAR	506	ACTIVE	C01	300	256	PARTIAL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2029-03-31
NORTH ROSAMOND SOLAR	643R	ACTIVE	C03	153	100	PARTIAL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2026-06-01
GASKELL WEST	1074	ACTIVE	C07	125	62	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2026-12-30
Voyager Energy Storage	2321	ACTIVE	C15	101	101	FULL CAPACITY (REQ)		2027-06-01
KEYHOLE WIND	1784	ACTIVE	C13	100	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2028-06-28
GOLDEN FIELDS SOLAR	1212	ACTIVE	C08	92	92	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2026-12-01
CAMINO SOLAR	1419	ACTIVE	C10	54	11	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2027-12-31
SOLAR STAR 3	1322	ACTIVE	C09	24	23	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2026-07-07
SOLAR STAR 4	1323	ACTIVE	C09	24	23	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2026-07-07
AV SOLAR ONE PROJECT	412	COMPLETED	TC	250	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
WILLY 9	1319	COMPLETED	C09	250	164	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
GARLAND	971	COMPLETED	C06	200	88	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
MANZANA WIND	20	COMPLETED	AMEND 39	189	0
RE ASTORIA	746	COMPLETED	C04	175	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
ANTELOPE VALLEY COMPLEX	1215	COMPLETED	C08	150	70	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
CATALINA SOLAR	602	COMPLETED	C02	145	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
PACIFIC WIND	73	COMPLETED	SERIAL LGIP	141	0		EXECUTED
TROPICO SOLAR	1329	COMPLETED	C09	110	40	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
ROSAMOND SOUTH EAST	1211	COMPLETED	C08	102	92	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
AVALON HYBRID	84	COMPLETED	SERIAL LGIP	100	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
WILLOW SPRINGS 2	643AJ	COMPLETED	C03	100	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
WILLOW SPRINGS SOLAR 4	1217	COMPLETED	C08	75	75	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
WILLOW SPRINGS SOLAR 3	1076	COMPLETED	C07	50	50	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
CYCLONE SOLAR	1327	COMPLETED	C09	40	25	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
KINGBIRD SOLAR A (FKA AV SOLAR RANCH 2-A)	795	COMPLETED	C04	20	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
KINGBIRD SOLAR B (FKA AV SOLAR RANCH 2-B	796	COMPLETED	C04	20	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED
RE GARLAND	1680	COMPLETED	FT	3	0	ENERGY ONLY
ALTA 12	450	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	1,150	0			2013-05-30	2008-11-26
ALTA Q175 (FKA ALTA 11)	175	WITHDRAWN	TC	650	0	FULL CAPACITY		2017-12-31	2015-06-12
MOJAVE SOLEIL II	440	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	500	0			2011-12-31	2008-11-26
RRG SOLAR	643P	WITHDRAWN	C03	480	0	FULL CAPACITY		2014-10-30	2010-11-16
METEORITE SOLAR	1788	WITHDRAWN	C13	400	200	FULL CAPACITY		2024-12-01	2021-04-26
VENADO VALLEY 1	1794	WITHDRAWN	C13	300	300	FULL CAPACITY		2024-09-30	2021-03-12
RESONATE	2057	WITHDRAWN	C14	300	300	FULL CAPACITY		2024-06-30	2022-12-02
EON VISION WIND	1333	WITHDRAWN	C09	278	0	FULL CAPACITY		2019-12-31	2017-02-28
VISION WIND	1426	WITHDRAWN	C10	275	0	FULL CAPACITY		2023-04-15	2019-10-31
GASKELL SOLAR GENERATING STATION	329	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	264	0			2012-08-01	2008-11-26
BRIGHTSOURCE AV PROJECT	643AB	WITHDRAWN	C03	260	0	FULL CAPACITY		2015-01-01	2010-07-26
ROSY 9	1318	WITHDRAWN	C09	250	0	FULL CAPACITY		2020-12-31	2017-05-02
ARROW	1509	WITHDRAWN	C11	250	29	FULL CAPACITY		2024-10-01	2019-03-11
DRACO SOLAR	1630	WITHDRAWN	C12	250	125	FULL CAPACITY		2023-12-01	2019-07-15
LINWOOD SOLAR FARM	1332	WITHDRAWN	C09	205	200	FULL CAPACITY		2019-06-01	2017-04-19
LONGSPUR 11	1514	WITHDRAWN	C11	175	51	FULL CAPACITY		2022-12-30	2019-03-12
ALTA Q97 (FKA ALTA 5 AND LUCCHESE)	97	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	160	0			2016-12-31	2014-09-29
MOJAVALON I	603	WITHDRAWN	C02	146	0	FULL CAPACITY		2013-07-01	2010-04-20
FAIRMONT SOLAR GENERATING STATION	455	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	141	0			2013-10-01	2011-03-22
DESERT VIEW SUNTOWER	513	WITHDRAWN	C01	141	0	FULL CAPACITY		2017-12-31	2015-11-05
ALTA Q153 (FKA ALTA 7)	153	WITHDRAWN	SERIAL LGIP	100	0		IN PROGRESS	2016-12-31	2014-09-29
WILLOW SOLAR	849	WITHDRAWN	C04	100	0	FULL CAPACITY		2016-12-31	2012-04-03
GOLDEN FIELDS SOLAR 3	1213	WITHDRAWN	C08	100	0	FULL CAPACITY		2018-06-30	2015-07-08
KEYHOLE WIND 2	1785	WITHDRAWN	C13	100	0	FULL CAPACITY		2024-12-01	2020-06-25
APOLLO SOLAR	672	WITHDRAWN	C04	51	0	FULL CAPACITY		2013-03-31	2011-07-06
ROSE MEADOW WIND BANK	1075	WITHDRAWN	C07	50	50	FULL CAPACITY		2022-06-01	2015-04-01
GOLDEN OASIS	967	WITHDRAWN	C06	33	0	FULL CAPACITY	EXECUTED	2021-04-30	2019-04-03
GOLDEN PRISM	1214	WITHDRAWN	C08	6	6	FULL CAPACITY		2020-01-31	2019-03-18

TPD allocation requests at this node (7)

CAISO Transmission Plan Deliverability allocation results, joined on queue position through all three sheets of the public report (a request whose project has since withdrawn still appears). 2024 rows carry no MW. Groups: A = executed power purchase agreement requiring FCDS, or an LSE serving its own load; B = shortlisted for, or actively negotiating, a power purchase agreement; C = already in commercial operation for the capacity seeking TP deliverability; D = no PPA; electing the Section 8.9.2.3 (financial-security) path.

tpd_year	queue_id	project_name	allocation_group	mw_requested	allocation_pct	mw_allocated	status
2025	506	ROSAMOND WEST SOLAR	A	33	100%	33	FCDSA
2025	506	ROSAMOND WEST SOLAR	B	33	100%	33	FCDSA
2025	1211	ROSAMOND SOUTH EAST	C	100	62%	62	PCDSA
2024	1784	KEYHOLE WIND	A		100%		FCDSA
2024	2055	EUISMOD	B		100%		FCDSA
2024	2055	EUISMOD	B		100%		FCDSA
2024	2089	GREASEWOOD ENERGY STORAGE	D		100%		FCDSA

Geocode provenance

geo_method: exact
geo_score: 1.00
osm_name: Whirlwind Substation
lat, lon: 34.85785, -118.43733

All metrics

metric	value	definition
`legacy_active_mw`	2,472	active MW in the public report (C14 and earlier)
`c15_active_mw`	801	active MW in the Cluster 15 report
`operating_mw`	2,120	completed MW in the public report
`pipeline_storage_mw`	2,575	storage MW inside legacy_active_mw + c15_active_mw
`operating_storage_mw`	604	storage MW inside operating_mw (completed, public report)
`wd_recent_mw`	300	withdrawn in the last 5 years (both reports)
`wd_recent_storage_mw`	300	storage MW of those rows — each project's storage components capped at its net-to-grid figure; a handful of filings report net-to-grid as 0 and keep the component MW, so this can exceed the row above at 3 nodes.
`wd_post_phase2_mw`	1,365	withdrew AFTER Phase II / Facilities Study results (public report only)
`p2_reached_mw`	5,954	MW of projects that received Phase II / Facilities Study results here (public report, any sheet)
`p2_withdrawn_mw`	1,365	of those, MW that then withdrew (== wd_post_phase2_mw)
`p2_attrition`	0.23	p2_withdrawn_mw / p2_reached_mw — share of studied MW that left with results in hand
`committed_mw`	2,472	ACTIVE MW holding an executed interconnection agreement (public report)
`churn_n`	33	projects behind storage_churn (withdrawn recent + queued + operating)
`c15_n`	3	projects behind c15_survival
`p2_n`	35	projects behind p2_attrition
`eia_plants`	6	operable EIA-860 plants within 5 km of the node's mapped position (positioned nodes only)
`eia_nameplate_mw`	706	their nameplate MW, all technologies (EIA-860 Generator file, Operable sheet)
`eia_storage_mwh`	147	battery energy capacity among them (EIA-860 Energy Storage file), as reported
`eia_storage_1h_mw`	147	storage MW at units whose reported MWh is no more than their MW (one hour or less); shown with 'duration not established' because the value may reflect how the form was filled
`eia_proposed_mw`	186	nameplate MW in EIA-860's Proposed sheet within the same radius (planned / under construction)
`wd_alltime_mw`	7,115	every withdrawn MW since 2006 (includes dead wind/solar-era projects)
`storage_churn`	0.09	wd_recent_storage_mw / (active + operating storage MW) — the one to quote
`churn_alltime`	1.32	wd_alltime_mw / (pipeline + operating MW) — historical color only
`c15_survival`	1.00	c15_active / (c15_active + c15_withdrawn)
`c15_fcds_req_mw`	801	C15 active MW that requested Full Capacity Deliverability Status (requested, not allocated)
`tpd25_projects`	2	projects at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
`tpd25_req_mw`	166	MW at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
`tpd25_alloc_mw`	128	MW allocated in that cycle (requested × allocation %)
`tpd25_denied_mw`	0	MW requested by rows that received 0 %
`tpd25_unalloc_mw`	38	requested minus allocated: MW refused outright PLUS the remainder left by partial allocations — quote this for 'what the developer did not get'
`tpd25_unknown_mw`	0	MW requested by rows with no allocation percentage in the file; 0 today
`tpd25_req_A_mw`	33	of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group A: executed PPA (or LSE own load)
`tpd25_req_B_mw`	33	of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group B: shortlisted / negotiating a PPA
`tpd25_req_C_mw`	100	of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group C: already in commercial operation
`tpd25_req_D_mw`	0	of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group D: no PPA, Section 8.9.2.3 path
`tpd25_denied_A_mw`	0	of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group A
`tpd25_denied_B_mw`	0	of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group B
`tpd25_denied_C_mw`	0	of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group C
`tpd25_denied_D_mw`	0	of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group D
`tpd25_denied_ppa_mw`	0	refused MW in groups A + B: contracted or shortlisted projects that did not get deliverability; the refusal that matters
`tpd24_fcdsa_projects`	3	projects at the node allocated Full Capacity in the 2024 cycle
`lcr_status`		CAISO Local Capacity Area (Resource Adequacy geography): 'in <area>' or 'outside <area>' as the LCT report's boundary lists state it; blank = not encoded, never 'outside every area'
`lcr_sub_area`		sub-area / load pocket within that area, when the LCT report delineates it
`wdat_active_projects`	0	active WDAT requests at the same substation (WDAT = distribution-level queue at the same substation, PG&E file today; not CAISO deliverability)
`wdat_active_mw`	0	MW of active WDAT (distribution-level) requests at the same substation (PG&E file today)
`wdat_active_storage_mw`	0	storage MW attributed from wdat_active_mw — an assumption: the PG&E file publishes one MW figure per request, so storage-only requests count in full and solar+storage requests count at half (160 of 1,011 active requests carry storage; 362 of their 479 MW is attributed as storage).
`wdat_inservice_mw`	0	WDAT MW already in service at that substation
`wdat_withdrawn_mw`	0	WDAT MW withdrawn at that substation (all-time in the file)
`wdat_ft_over_cap_n`	0	active Fast Track requests above the 5 MW Fast Track ceiling — held out of wdat_active_*
`wdat_ft_over_cap_mw`	0	MW of those held-out rows, as posted; cause not established

No figure on this site states a cause. CAISO files carry no withdrawal reason beyond "IC Request".

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