Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. is ranked #3 out of 65 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
States	Oklahoma Texas
Last Update	Mar 2026
Annual Generation	484.9 TWh
Power Plants	1,313
Utilities	694
Ranked #3 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 54 in terms of annual generation from natural gas
Power Plant Types	Natural Gas \| 40.4% Wind \| 23.8% Solar \| 14.6% Coal \| 12.8% Nuclear \| 8.6% Water \| 0.1% Other Fuel \| 0.1%

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Daily Net Generation for Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. for the past 3 Years

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Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine	Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co.	Baytown, TX	3 TWh	Jan 1989	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Houston Chemical Complex Battleground	Oxy Vinyls LP	Houston, TX	2 TWh	Apr 1982	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.4% Other Gas : 0.6%
Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West	Valero Refining Co	Corpus Christi, TX	82 GWh	Aug 1983	Dec 2025	Petroleum Coke : 42.3% Other Gas : 39.8% Natural Gas : 17.8%
Texas City Plant Union Carbide	Union Carbide Corp-Texas City	Texas City, TX	83 GWh	Jan 1996	Dec 2025	Purchased Steam
Shell Deer Park	Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP)	Deer Park, TX	1 TWh	Sep 1979	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 83.1% Other Gas : 9.4% Purchased Steam : 7.5%
Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC	Odyssey Operating Services	Channelview, TX	3 TWh	Oct 1985	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Texas City Power Plant	Texas City Cogeneration LLC	Texas City, TX	2 TWh	Apr 1987	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Freeport Energy	Olin Blue Cube Operations	Freeport, TX	2 TWh	Mar 1978	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility	Ft Worth City of	Arlington, TX	25 GWh	Mar 1994	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Oyster Creek Unit VIII	Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII	Freeport, TX	3 TWh	Sep 1994	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.7%
Sweeny Cogen Facility	Sweeny Cogeneration LLC	Old Ocean, TX	3 TWh	Jul 1997	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 69.6% Other Gas : 30.4%
Pasadena Cogeneration	Pasadena Cogeneration LP	Pasadena, TX	5 TWh	May 1998	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station	Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd	Shiro, TX	4 TWh	Apr 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Gregory Power Plant	Gregory Power Partners LLC	Gregory, TX	640 GWh	Jun 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Midlothian Energy Facility	Midlothian Energy LLC	Midlothian, TX	7 TWh	Apr 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Lamar Power Project	LaFrontera Holdings LLC	Paris, TX	7 TWh	Apr 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Frontera Energy Center	Frontera Generation Limited Partnership	Mission, TX	2 TWh	May 1999	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Magic Valley Generating Station	Calpine Corp-Magic Valley	Edinburg, TX	2 TWh	Jan 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Tenaska Gateway Generating Station	Tenaska Gateway Partners Ltd	Mt. Enterprise, TX	5 TWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Rio Nogales Power Project	City of San Antonio - (TX)	Seguin, TX	4 TWh	Apr 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Wolf Hollow I LP	Wolf Hollow I Power, LLC	Granbury, TX	3 TWh	Jul 2003	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Hays Energy Project	Hays Energy, LLC	San Marcos, TX	5 TWh	Mar 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Guadalupe Generating Station	Guadalupe Power Partners LP	Marion, TX	6 TWh	Sep 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Lost Pines 1 Power Project	Lower Colorado River Authority	Bastrop, TX	3 TWh	Apr 2001	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Bastrop Energy Center	Bastrop Energy Partners, LP	Cedar Creek, TX	2 TWh	Apr 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Thad Hill Energy Center	Thad Hill Energy Center, LLC	Clifton, TX	4 TWh	Jun 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Channelview Cogeneration Plant	EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC	Channelview, TX	5 TWh	Jul 2001	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Corpus Christi Energy Center	Corpus Christi Cogeneration LLC	Corpus Christi, TX	2 TWh	Sep 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Odessa-Ector Power Plant	LaFrontera Holdings LLC	Odessa, TX	8 TWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Freestone Energy Center	Freestone Power Generation LLC	Fairfield, TX	6 TWh	May 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Jack County	Jack County Power, LLC	Bridgeport, TX	6 TWh	Jan 2006	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Channel Energy Center LLC	Channel Energy Center LLC	Pasadena, TX	5 TWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.1% Other Gas : 0.9%
Ingleside Cogeneration	Ingleside Cogeneration LP	Houston, TX	3 TWh	Jun 1999	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 98.4% Other Gas : 1.6%
Wise County Power LLC	Wise County Power Company LLC	Poolville, TX	3 TWh	Jun 2004	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Baytown Energy Center	Baytown Energy Center LLC	Baytown, TX	4 TWh	May 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
State Farm Insur Support Center Central	State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co	Irving, TX	11 MWh	Dec 1997	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Deer Park Energy Center	Deer Park Energy Center	Deer Park, TX	8 TWh	May 2003	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Green Power 2	South Houston Green Power LLC	Texas City, TX	4 TWh	Nov 2003	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.8%
Forney Energy Center	LaFrontera Holdings LLC	Forney, TX	10 TWh	Jan 2003	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Kiamichi Energy Facility	Kiowa Power Partners LLC	Kiowa, OK	5 TWh	Mar 2003	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Hidalgo Energy Center	Calpine Corp - Hidalgo	Edinburg, TX	3 TWh	May 2000	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
King Mountain Wind Ranch 1	FPL Energy Upton Wind LP	McCamey, TX	573 GWh	May 2001	Dec 2025	Wind
Nacogdoches Power	Austin Energy	Cushing, TX	251 GWh	May 2012	Dec 2025	Wood/Wood Waste Solids
Freeport Energy Center	Dow Chemical Co	Freeport, TX	848 GWh	Apr 2007	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	FPL Energy Horse Hollow LLC	Wingate, TX	2 TWh	Nov 2005	Dec 2025	Wind
Sweetwater Wind 4 LLC	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Roscoe, TX	633 GWh	Apr 2007	Dec 2025	Wind
Colorado Bend Energy Center	CER Colorado Bend Energy Partners LP	Wharton, TX	2 TWh	Apr 2002	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Mesquite Wind Power LLC	Mesquite Wind LLC	Abilene, TX	346 GWh	Oct 2007	Dec 2025	Wind
Post Oak Wind LLC	Mesquite Wind LLC	Abilene, TX	414 GWh	Feb 2008	Dec 2025	Wind
Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm	AES Distributed Energy	Merkel, TX	350 GWh	Jun 2007	Dec 2025	Wind
Roscoe Wind Farm LLC	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Roscoe, TX	364 GWh	Jan 2008	Dec 2025	Wind
Pattern Gulf Wind	Pattern Operators LP	Armstrong, TX	759 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2025	Wind
Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC	Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC	Sterling City, TX	2 TWh	Oct 2007	Dec 2025	Wind
Penascal Wind Power LLC	Avangrid Power LLC	Sarita, TX	298 GWh	Mar 2009	Dec 2025	Wind
Notrees Windpower Hybrid	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Goldsmith, TX	237 GWh	Mar 2009	Dec 2025	Wind
Pyron Wind Farm LLC Hybrid	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Hermleigh, TX	792 GWh	Jan 2009	Dec 2025	Wind
Penascal II Wind Project LLC	Avangrid Power LLC	Sarita, TX	286 GWh	Feb 2010	Dec 2025	Wind
Papalote Creek II LLC	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Taft, TX	503 GWh	Nov 2010	Dec 2025	Wind
Trinity Hills	Trinity Hills Wind Farm LLC	Olney, TX	767 GWh	Nov 2011	Dec 2025	Wind
Hidalgo Wind Farm LLC	Hidalgo Wind Farm LLC	McCook, TX	815 GWh	Nov 2016	Dec 2025	Wind
East Blackland Solar Project 1	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Manor, TX	277 GWh	Jun 2021	Dec 2025	Solar
Los Vientos Wind 1A	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Sebastian, TX	408 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2025	Wind
Los Vientos Wind 1B	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Sebastian, TX	370 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2025	Wind
Magic Valley Wind Farm I LLC	Big Sky Wind, LLC	San Perlita, TX	483 GWh	Aug 2012	Dec 2025	Wind
Stephens Ranch Wind Energy LLC	Stephens Ranch Wind Energy LLC	O'Donnell, TX	897 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2025	Wind
Temple Power Station	Temple Generation Holdings LLC	Temple, TX	8 TWh	Jun 2014	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Rayburn Energy Station LLC	Rayburn Energy Station LLC	Sherman, TX	3 TWh	Jul 2014	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Central Utility Plant - Texas A&M	Texas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services	College Station, TX	134 GWh	Nov 1956	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC	Pattern Operators LP	Panhandle, TX	550 GWh	Jun 2014	Dec 2025	Wind
Grandview Wind Farm, LLC	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Panhandle, TX	782 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2025	Wind
Patriot Wind Farm	Avangrid Power LLC	Bishop, TX	669 GWh	May 2019	Dec 2025	Wind
Miami Wind Energy Center	Invenergy Services LLC	Miami, TX	686 GWh	Jul 2014	Dec 2025	Wind
Longhorn Wind	Boralex US Operations LLC	Silverton, TX	697 GWh	Apr 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
TX Hereford Wind	Boralex US Operations LLC	Hereford, TX	526 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2025	Wind
Rentech Nitrogen Pasadena Cogeneration	PCI Nitrogen LLC	Pasadena, TX	72 GWh	Feb 2015	Dec 2025	Waste Heat
Shannon Wind	Shannon Wind LLC	Windhorst, TX	444 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
Stella Wind Farm	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Armstrong, TX	589 GWh	Nov 2018	Dec 2025	Wind
Bruennings Breeze Wind Farm	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Raymondville, TX	525 GWh	Nov 2017	Dec 2025	Wind
Colbeck's Corner, LLC	Big Sky Wind, LLC	Groom, TX	788 GWh	Apr 2016	Dec 2025	Wind
Alamo 6	BHE Renewables, LLC	Fort Stockton, TX	226 GWh	Feb 2017	Dec 2025	Solar
Fluvanna	TC Energy	Fluvanna, TX	529 GWh	Oct 2017	Dec 2025	Wind
Goodnight	FGE Goodnight I, LLC	Claude, TX	724 GWh	Mar 2024	Dec 2025	Wind
Los Vientos Windpower III	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Rio Grande City, TX	448 GWh	Mar 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
Los Vientos Windpower IV	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Rio Grande City, TX	422 GWh	Jun 2016	Dec 2025	Wind
Mesquite Creek Wind	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Lamesa, TX	482 GWh	Mar 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
South Plains Wind Phase I	Evergreen Wind, LLC	Floydada, TX	677 GWh	Oct 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
Red Gate Power Plant	South Texas Electric Coop, Inc	Edinburg, TX	366 GWh	Nov 2016	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Logans Gap Wind LLC	Pattern Operators LP	Comanche, TX	604 GWh	Jul 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
TX Jumbo Road Wind	TX Jumbo Road Wind, LLC	Hereford, TX	653 GWh	Mar 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
San Roman Wind I, LLC	Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC	Los Fresnos, TX	256 GWh	Jan 2017	Dec 2025	Wind
Wolf Hollow II	Constellation Power, Inc	Granbury, TX	5 TWh	May 2017	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Rattlesnake Den	SunEdison LLC	Garden City, TX	689 GWh	Jun 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
Bearkat	Bearkat Wind Energy 1, LLC	St. Lawrence, TX	648 GWh	Jan 2018	Dec 2025	Wind
RE Roserock	Southern Power Co	Fort Stockton, TX	378 GWh	Oct 2016	Dec 2025	Solar
Buckthorn Westex	Buckthorn Westex, LLC	Ft. Stockton, TX	357 GWh	Apr 2018	Dec 2025	Solar
South Plains II	Onward Energy	Lockney, TX	1 TWh	May 2016	Dec 2025	Wind
Javelina Wind Energy, LLC	Javelina Wind Energy, LLC	Mirando City, TX	925 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2025	Wind
Colorado Bend II	Constellation Power, Inc	Wharton, TX	6 TWh	May 2017	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Castle Gap Solar Hybrid	Upton County Solar 2 LLC	McCarney, TX	384 GWh	Apr 2018	Dec 2025	Solar
Cotton Plains Wind Farm	Cotton Plains Wind I, LLC	Floydada, TX	182 GWh	Feb 2017	Dec 2025	Wind

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#27	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	24.1 TWh	47
#47	El Paso Electric Company	6.8 TWh	32
#21	Public Service Company of Colorado	46.1 TWh	210
#34	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.4 TWh	116
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	250.9 TWh	417
#5	Southwest Power Pool	300.1 TWh	835
#51	Southwestern Power Administration	4.8 TWh	34
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	162.4 TWh	204
#38	Tucson Electric Power	13.5 TWh	53
#24	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	34.1 TWh	192

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	659.4 TWh	2,831
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	484.9 TWh	1,313
#5	Southwest Power Pool	300.1 TWh	835
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	250.9 TWh	417
#7	California Independent System Operator	179.9 TWh	2,075
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	162.4 TWh	204
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	150.5 TWh	187
#12	New York Independent System Operator	134.0 TWh	1,211
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	112.4 TWh	565
#15	ISO New England	110.5 TWh	1,577