The electricity is being sold to Public Service of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, under a long-term power purchase agreement.

[1] The facility occupies about 320 acres of previous agricultural farmland, and is located near several other large solar power plants in the sunny and cool San Luis Valley.

Mortenson Construction completed the site preparation and installed the array support piles and other civil structures.

[5] Commercial operations began in December 2015 shortly after the delivery of first electricity to the grid.

[1][2] The facility is sited adjacent to a San Luis Valley substation and has been planned to accommodate a future 100 MW expansion.