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Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility III (WREFIII) is a 50 megawatt (MW) solar energy generation facility on 357 acres (0.5 sq. miles) of private land within an approximately 2,294 acre site boundary. | Operating/Under Review. The facility commenced commercial operation on March 22, 2022. On November 21, 2025, the Department received preliminary Request for Amendment 1 (pRFA1). In pRFA1, the certificate holder seeks Council approval for the following changes to the site certificate: split the approved facility into two separate facilities, each with their own site boundary and certificate holder under separate site certificates. The split would amend the current site certificate and create one new site certificate; extend the construction completion deadline by three years; and amend several conditions to be consistent with the site certificate split.
On December 2, 2025, the Department issued a Public Notice of receipt of pRFA1. The Public Notice, and pRFA1 are available in the Timeline below. The Department is reviewing pRFA1, and is coordinating with reviewing agencies.
| WREFIII facility components are located in Morrow County; the site boundary is bisected by OR 207, approximately 5 miles northeast of Lexington and approximately 7 miles northwest of Heppner. PDF Map I Online Map
| | Applicant/Certificate holder:
Wheatridge Solar Energy Center, LLC | | ODOE contact:
Chase McVeigh-Walker | | Applicant/Certificate holder contact:
David Lawlor | |
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On November 19, 2020, the Energy Facility Siting Council approved Request for Amendment 1 of the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility II site certificate, which authorized allocation of previously approved facility components into an amended and two original site certificates for Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility II, Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility III and Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility East, respectively. The documentation for the original project can be found on the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility II webpage.
- Click here to view a diagram of the Site Certificate history.