Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
Balancing Authority Summary Information
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. is ranked #3 out of 64 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.
| Balancing Authority | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. |
|---|---|
| States | Oklahoma Texas |
| Last Update | Oct 2026 |
| Annual Generation | 506.3 TWh |
| Power Plants | 1,487 |
| Utilities | 812 |
| Ranked #3 out of 64 in terms of net annual generation | |
| Ranked #3 out of 53 in terms of annual generation from natural gas | |
| Power Plant Types | Natural Gas | 40.1% Wind | 23.9% Solar | 15.9% Coal | 12.3% Nuclear | 8% Other Fuel | 0.1% Water | 0.1% |
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Daily Net Generation for Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. for the past 3 Years
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Global Power One | Sky Global Power One Pledgor, LLC | Rock Island, TX | 107 GWh | Apr 2016 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Kellam Solar | Kellam Solar, LLC | Ben Wheeler, TX | 109 GWh | Nov 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Central Utility Plant - Texas A&M | Texas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services | College Station, TX | 111 GWh | Nov 1956 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Gaia Hybrid | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | Navarro, TX | 111 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Barrett Solar Project | Barrett Solar Project LLC (RE) | Point, TX | 112 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Lamesa II | Lamesa Solar II, L.L.C. | Lamesa, TX | 113 GWh | Oct 2018 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| BT Cooke Solar, LLC | Adapture Renewables, Inc. | Gainsville, TX | 113 GWh | Nov 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Gransolar Texas One, LLC | Gransolar Texas One, LLC | Thorndale, TX | 114 GWh | Jan 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Liberty Hybrid Solar and Storage Project | Liberty 1 Solar LLC | Dayton, TX | 115 GWh | Jun 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar : 93.1% Electricity used for energy storage : 6.9% |
| Texas City Plant Union Carbide | Union Carbide Corp-Texas City | Texas City, TX | 119 GWh | Jan 1996 | Jul 2026 | Purchased Steam |
| Baffin Wind | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 125 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Grizzly Ridge Solar | Grizzly Ridge Solar LLC | Hamilton County, TX | 126 GWh | Sep 2023 | Nov 2025 | Solar |
| Barton Chapel Wind Farm | Avangrid Power LLC | Jacksboro, TX | 127 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Big Springs, TX | 128 GWh | Nov 2006 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Rockhound A | Origis Energy USA, Inc | Odessa, TX | 129 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Woodward Mountain II | Pecos Wind II LP | Girvin, TX | 132 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Seymour Hills Wind Project, LLC | Engie North America | Seymour, TX | 135 GWh | Apr 2019 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Sweetwater Wind 1 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Sweetwater, TX | 138 GWh | Nov 2003 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Tyson Nick | Tyson Nick Solar Project, LLC | Paris, TX | 146 GWh | Sep 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Woodward Mountain I | Pecos Wind I LP | Girvin, TX | 148 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| G.S.E. One LLC | GSEone | Bonham, TX | 149 GWh | Aug 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Enterprise Products Operating | Enterprise Products Optg LP | Mont Belvieu, TX | 150 GWh | Aug 1984 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Dileo Solar | Elawan Dileo Solar, LLC | Clifton, TX | 150 GWh | Nov 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Long Point Solar | MN8 Energy LLC | Damon, TX | 153 GWh | Nov 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Hidalgo Wind Farm II | Hidalgo Wind Farm II LLC | Edinburg, TX | 154 GWh | Jan 2020 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Buffalo Gap Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 159 GWh | Mar 2006 | Nov 2025 | Wind |
| OCI Alamo 5 LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Uvalde, TX | 159 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Sam Rayburn | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Nursery, TX | 162 GWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| Ellis Solar LLC | 174 Power Global Corp. | Midlothian, TX | 164 GWh | Sep 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Longbow Solar, LLC | Headwater Energy, LLC | Liverpool, TX | 168 GWh | Jun 2022 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Lapetus | Deriva Energy | Andrews, TX | 168 GWh | Nov 2019 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Whitetail | Whitetail Wind Energy, LLC | Oilton, TX | 171 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Ables Springs Solar & Storage | Ables Springs Solar, LLC | Terrell, TX | 172 GWh | May 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Sweetwater Wind 5 | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 172 GWh | Nov 2007 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Swift Air Solar III | Origis Energy USA, Inc | Odessa, TX | 176 GWh | Oct 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Braes Bayou Plant | ProEnergy Services | Richmond, TX | 178 GWh | Jan 2022 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm | NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | 178 GWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Windthorst-2 | EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. | Archer, TX | 182 GWh | Aug 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Cutlass Solar 1 LLC | Cutlass Solar 1, LLC | Richmond, TX | 182 GWh | Nov 2022 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Lamesa Solar | Southern Power Co | Lamesa, TX | 186 GWh | Mar 2017 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Second Division Solar | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | West Columbia, TX | 190 GWh | Oct 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Cotton Plains Wind Farm | Cotton Plains Wind I, LLC | Floydada, TX | 192 GWh | Feb 2017 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Oak Hill - Dry Creek | Vistra Zero LLC | Henderson, TX | 195 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Dansby | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | 195 GWh | Aug 1978 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Petra Nova Carbon Capture Cogen | Petra Nova Power I LLC | Thompsons, TX | 201 GWh | May 2013 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Alamo 6 | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 205 GWh | Feb 2017 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Silver Star I Wind Power Project | Silver Star I Power Partners LLC | Dublin, TX | 205 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Scurry County Wind II | Invenergy Services LLC | Snyder, TX | 207 GWh | Nov 2007 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Timmerman Power Plant | Lower Colorado River Authority | Maxwell, TX | 208 GWh | Jul 2025 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| West of the Pecos Solar | RWE Clean Energy | TBD, TX | 208 GWh | Nov 2019 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Coniglio Solar | BT Coniglio Solar LLC | Wolfe City, TX | 209 GWh | Jul 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| BPL Sol Solar LLC | BPL Sol Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 212 GWh | Jan 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Compadre Solar | Compadre Solar, LLC | Gainsville, TX | 213 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Wagyu | Cubico USA, LLC | Damon, TX | 215 GWh | Jul 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| BPL Crown Solar LLC | BPL Crown Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 216 GWh | Dec 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Notrees Windpower Hybrid | Deriva Energy | Goldsmith, TX | 217 GWh | Mar 2009 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Galloway 2 Solar Farm | 224WB 8me LLC | Paint Rock, TX | 225 GWh | Sep 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Brotman Power Station | ProEnergy Services | Rosharon, TX | 225 GWh | Apr 2023 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Ticona Polymers Inc | Ticona Polymers Inc | Bishop, TX | 227 GWh | Mar 1989 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| BPL Files Solar | BPL Files Solar LLC | Itasca, TX | 228 GWh | Jul 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Hackberry Wind Farm | Hackberry Wind LLC | Albany, TX | 228 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Briar Creek Solar 1 | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Corsicana, TX | 229 GWh | Nov 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Emerald Grove | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Crane, TX | 231 GWh | Feb 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 7 LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Haskell, TX | 232 GWh | Jul 2016 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| East Pecos Solar | Southern Power Co | McCamey, TX | 232 GWh | Mar 2017 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Texas Petrochemicals | TPC Group, LLC | Houston, TX | 241 GWh | May 1972 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 85.3% Other Gas : 14.7% |
| Pin Oak Creek Energy Center, LLC | Freestone Power Generation LLC | Fairfield, TX | 244 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Norton Solar Farm | TAI Norton Solar LLC | Bronte, TX | 245 GWh | Sep 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| San Roman Wind I, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Los Fresnos, TX | 247 GWh | Jan 2017 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Elm Branch Solar 1 | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Ennis, TX | 249 GWh | Nov 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Oberon IA | Oberon Solar IA | Odessa, TX | 251 GWh | Jun 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Scurry County Wind LP | Invenergy Services LLC | Snyder, TX | 252 GWh | Apr 2007 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Bluebell Solar II | Bluebell Solar II, LLC | Sterling, TX | 253 GWh | Nov 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Green Pastures Wind I | Green Pastures Wind I, LLC | Seymour, TX | 256 GWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Cattlemen Solar II | Cattlemen Solar Park II LLC | Rosebud, TX | 256 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Swift Air Solar II | Origis Energy USA, Inc | Odessa, TX | 258 GWh | Oct 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Denison | USCE-Tulsa District | Denison, TX | 259 GWh | Feb 1945 | Dec 2025 | Water |
| Bull Creek Wind | Bull Creek Wind LLC | O'Donnell, TX | 260 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Los Vientos V Wind Power | Deriva Energy | Rio Grande City, TX | 261 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Copperhead Solar, LLC | Geronimo Power | Riesel, TX | 264 GWh | Aug 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Elara Solar | Elara Energy Holdings, LLC | Pearsall, TX | 266 GWh | Nov 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Morrow Lake Solar | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Pearsall, TX | 267 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Starr Solar Ranch | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Roma, TX | 269 GWh | Oct 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Upton County Solar | RWE Clean Energy | McCamey, TX | 269 GWh | Nov 2017 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Corpus Refinery | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | 271 GWh | Apr 1988 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 90.6% Solar : 9.4% |
| Goat Wind LP | Goat Wind LLC | Sterling City, TX | 271 GWh | Mar 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| South Trent Wind Farm | NRG Energy Inc | Sweetwater, TX | 272 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Grimes County Solar | Grimes County Solar Project, LLC | Lola, TX | 273 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Sendero | Sendero Wind Energy, LLC | Hebbronville, TX | 274 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| V H Braunig | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | 275 GWh | Feb 1966 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.8% |
| Concho Valley Solar, LLC | Concho Valley Solar, LLC | San Angelo, TX | 277 GWh | Apr 2023 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Stanton Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Lenorah, TX | 280 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| East Blackland Solar Project 1 | Deriva Energy | Manor, TX | 281 GWh | Jun 2021 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Millers Branch Solar | Southern Power Co | Haskell, TX | 293 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Green Pastures Wind II | Green Pastures Wind II, LLC | Seymour, TX | 298 GWh | Sep 2015 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Samson Solar Energy III LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | 298 GWh | Oct 2022 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Stillhouse Solar | Stillhouse Solar LLC | Rogers, TX | 300 GWh | Oct 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Denton Energy Center | City of Denton - (TX) | Denton, TX | 300 GWh | Jun 2018 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Midway Solar - TX | Midway Solar | Fort Stockton, TX | 300 GWh | Nov 2018 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Orange Grove | Orange Grove | Jim Wells, TX | 302 GWh | May 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
Surrounding Balancing Authorities
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #26 | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 22.9 TWh | 47 |
| #46 | El Paso Electric Company | 7.4 TWh | 37 |
| #20 | Public Service Company of Colorado | 47.6 TWh | 248 |
| #32 | Public Service Company of New Mexico | 16.9 TWh | 137 |
| #19 | Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | 60.5 TWh | 51 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 314.5 TWh | 876 |
| #53 | Southwestern Power Administration | 3.5 TWh | 37 |
| #9 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 166.2 TWh | 209 |
| #37 | Tucson Electric Power | 14.0 TWh | 56 |
| #34 | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region | 14.8 TWh | 206 |
Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. | 677.7 TWh | 3,095 |
| #3 | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. | 506.3 TWh | 1,487 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 314.5 TWh | 876 |
| #6 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans | 259.3 TWh | 423 |
| #7 | California Independent System Operator | 168.7 TWh | 2,170 |
| #9 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 166.2 TWh | 209 |
| #10 | Florida Power & Light Co. | 153.0 TWh | 188 |
| #12 | New York Independent System Operator | 134.1 TWh | 1,334 |
| #13 | Duke Energy Carolinas | 113.4 TWh | 578 |
| #15 | ISO New England | 112.2 TWh | 1,667 |