The company said that the 20-year contract is for 20MW of power.

The project, which is scheduled to begin construction in 2015, will be developed by 8minutenergy Renewables and Saferay.

SCE will get one-third of its power from renewable energy resources by the year 2020, under state law.

Under the Edison International umbrella, the company has recently signed 13 agreements for 201.5MW of renewable energy.

8minutenergy Renewables CEO Martin Hermann said the Redcrest Solar Farm’s annual production of about 48 million kilowatt hours of electricity will produce enough renewable solar energy to serve 9,000 households.

"This is the third [agreement] in the last 12 months that we’ve secured, for a total capacity of over 325 megawatts," Hermann added.