Editing Tehachapi, California (section)

==Economy==

[[File:Tehachapi windmills.jpg|left|thumb|[[Wind turbine]]s in the mountains]]

Tehachapi has historically been agrarian, with apples, peaches, grain, vegetables and hay grown year-round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tehachapinews.com/news/agriculture-in-tehachapi-still-thriving-even-as-large-companies-come/article_17ec53ae-99a8-11e8-8fa6-9f58615a5598.html|title=Agriculture in Tehachapi still thriving, even as large companies come in|last=Jackson|first=Cara|date=August 6, 2018|website=Tehachapi News|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

Wine grapes were grown in the area from the 19th century up until [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]]. A 2007 application to the [[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau|Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)]] for the "Tehachapi/Cummings Valley [[American Viticulture Area|AVA]]" was declined due to insufficient planted acreage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://winesvinesanalytics.com/news/78574|title=Feds Weigh New L.A. County Vineyard Area|website=Wines Vines Analytics}}</ref> The [[Tehachapi Mountains AVA|Tehachapi Mountains American Viticultural Area]] was approved in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Darla A.|date=November 18, 2020|title=Tehachapi Mountains receives wine growing designation|url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/tehachapi-mountains-receives-wine-growing-designation/article_7d851870-29ea-11eb-82b0-1743a88af3d9.html|access-date=November 19, 2020|work=The Bakersfield Californian|language=en}}</ref> It is approximately {{convert|58,000|acres}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 19, 2020|title=Establishment of the Tehachapi Mountains Viticultural Area|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/11/19/2020-25301/establishment-of-the-tehachapi-mountains-viticultural-area|access-date=November 28, 2020|website=Federal Register}}</ref>

Roughly half of Tehachapi's water supply originates as groundwater that is replenished by local precipitation; the other half comes from the [[California Aqueduct]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Block|first=Liz|date=February 28, 2015|title=Where does Tehachapi water come from?|url=https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2015/02/28/community/where-does-tehachapi-water-come-from/1342.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|work=The Loop Newspaper}}</ref>

The [[California Correctional Institution]], a maximum security prison also known as Tehachapi State Prison, is in the area. [[Edwards Air Force Base]] lies {{convert|40|mile|}} to the east.

The Tehachapi area has been a center for renewable wind energy, containing 4,531 turbines that produce 3,200 megawatts of electricity as of 2019. In the same year, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] announced it would begin sourcing wind energy from Tehachapi as part of its goal to become carbon-neutral by 2040.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/12/how-a-massive-amazon-wind-farm-will-change-a-rural-town-in-america.html|title=How a massive Amazon wind farm promises to change a tiny town in rural America|last=Douglas|first=Jacob|date=October 12, 2019|work=CNBC|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>  The [[Tehachapi Energy Storage Project]], commissioned in 2014, is located at Monolith Substation.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=SCE Unveils Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in North America|url=https://newsroom.edison.com/releases/sce-unveils-largest-battery-energy-storage-project-in-north-america|publisher=Edison International|language=en|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Large battery-energy storage project unveiled in Tehachapi|url=https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/large-battery-energy-storage-project-unveiled-in-tehachapi|work=BakersfieldNow|date=September 23, 2014|publisher=KBAK|access-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref>

In 2019, a [[Walmart]] store opened in Tehachapi, which would provide up to 200 full and part-time jobs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tehachapinews.com/news/walmart-announces-a-tentative-opening-date-for-august/article_02ecf2b4-a4d4-11e9-8ccf-87754db90bec.html|title=Walmart announces a tentative opening date for August|last=Jackson|first=Cara|date=July 12, 2019|work=Tehachapi News|language=en|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>