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

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Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Cattlemen Solar Park	Cattlemen Solar Park LLC	Rosebud, TX	434 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Hill Solar 1	Hill Solar 1, LLC	Itasca, TX	566 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Millers Branch Solar	Southern Power Co	Haskell, TX	293 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Gaia Hybrid	Sunraycer Assets I LLC	Navarro, TX	111 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Big Sampson Wind	Big Sampson Wind Project, LLC	TBD, TX	531 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Wind
Hecate Energy Longhorn Solar LLC	Repsol Renewables NA	Jacksboro, TX	611 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Brazoria Solar I	Brazoria Solar i, LLC	Angleton, TX	363 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station	NRG THW GT LLC	Houston, TX	49 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Compadre Solar	Compadre Solar, LLC	Gainsville, TX	213 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Three W Solar	Three W Solar LLC	Hillsboro, TX	84 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Pitts Dudik Solar II	Elawan Pitts Dudik Solar II, LLC	Hubbard, TX	8 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Rockhound D	Origis Energy USA, Inc	Odessa, TX	13 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Barrett Solar Project	Barrett Solar Project LLC (RE)	Point, TX	112 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Chillingham Solar	Chillingham Solar LLC	Rogers, TX	671 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Bynum Solar Project	Bynum Solar Project LLC (RE)	Valley Mills, TX	49 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Rockhound C	Origis Energy USA, Inc	Odessa, TX	31 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Rockhound A	Origis Energy USA, Inc	Odessa, TX	129 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Cattlemen Solar II	Cattlemen Solar Park II LLC	Rosebud, TX	256 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Grimes County Solar	Grimes County Solar Project, LLC	Lola, TX	273 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Ray Ranch Solar	Ray Ranch Solar LLC	Pettus, TX	580 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Pin Oak Creek Energy Center, LLC	Freestone Power Generation LLC	Fairfield, TX	244 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
McCrae Wind Energy II	McCrae Wind Energy II, LLC	Garden City, TX	377 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Wind
Myrtle Solar, LLC	Myrtle Solar, LLC	Angleton, TX	410 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Oak Hill - Dry Creek	Vistra Zero LLC	Henderson, TX	195 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Midpoint Solar, LLC	Sunraycer Assets I LLC	Blum, TX	79 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Morrow Lake Solar	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Pearsall, TX	267 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Danish Fields Solar, LLC	Danish Fields Solar, LLC	El Campo, TX	927 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Cottonwood Bayou Solar	Cottonwood Bayou Solar, LLC	Liverpool, TX	572 GWh	-	Jul 2026	Solar
Dunlap TP 1	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority	New Brannfels, TX	4 GWh	Dec 1926	Dec 2025	Water
Eagle Pass	Maverick Cty Water Control & Improvement	Eagle Pass, TX	4 GWh	Jul 1932	Jun 2026	Water
Buchanan Dam (TX)	Lower Colorado River Authority	Buchanan Dam, TX	29 GWh	Dec 1937	Dec 2025	Water
Inks	Lower Colorado River Authority	Buchanan Dam, TX	14 GWh	Dec 1937	Dec 2025	Water
Austin	Lower Colorado River Authority	Austin, TX	10 GWh	Mar 1940	Dec 2025	Water
Marshall Ford	Lower Colorado River Authority	Austin, TX	45 GWh	Dec 1940	Dec 2025	Water
Denison	USCE-Tulsa District	Denison, TX	259 GWh	Feb 1945	Dec 2025	Water
Granite Shoals	Lower Colorado River Authority	Marble Falls, TX	37 GWh	May 1951	Dec 2025	Water
Marble Falls	Lower Colorado River Authority	Marble Falls, TX	24 GWh	Aug 1951	Dec 2025	Water
Hal C Weaver Power Plant	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	357 GWh	Sep 1951	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery	Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co.	Baytown, TX	1 TWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Silas Ray	Brownsville Public Utilities Board	Brownsville, TX	52 GWh	Apr 1952	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Whitney	USACE-Fort Worth District	Clifton, TX	67 GWh	May 1953	Dec 2025	Water
Falcon Dam & Power	International Bound & Wtr Comm	Falcon Heights, TX	9 GWh	Sep 1954	Nov 2025	Water
Bryan (TX)	City of Bryan - (TX)	Bryan, TX	1 GWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Mountain Creek	Mountain Creek Power, LLC	Dallas, TX	546 GWh	Jan 1956	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Central Utility Plant - Texas A&M	Texas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services	College Station, TX	111 GWh	Nov 1956	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
W A Parish	NRG Texas Power LLC	Thompsons, TX	14 TWh	May 1958	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 82.3% Natural Gas : 17.7%
Permian Basin	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Monahans, TX	670 GWh	May 1958	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 98.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.3%
Stryker Creek	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Jacksonville, TX	1 TWh	May 1958	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Graham	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Graham, TX	1 TWh	Nov 1960	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.8%
Pearsall	South Texas Electric Coop, Inc	Pearsall, TX	454 GWh	Apr 1961	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Victoria	Victoria WLE, LP	Victoria, TX	1 TWh	Feb 1963	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Sam Rayburn	South Texas Electric Coop, Inc	Nursery, TX	162 GWh	Feb 1963	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 99.8%
Handley	Constellation Power, Inc	Fort Worth, TX	888 GWh	Jun 1963	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Union Carbide Seadrift Cogen	Union Carbide Corp-Seadrift	Seadrift, TX	563 GWh	Dec 1963	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 94.2% Other Gas : 5.8%
Trinidad (TX)	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Trinidad, TX	432 GWh	Apr 1965	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Sim Gideon	Lower Colorado River Authority	Bastrop, TX	827 GWh	Apr 1965	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Powerlane Plant	City of Greenville - (TX)	Greenville, TX	56 GWh	Dec 1965	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 98.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.3%
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%
Spencer	City of Garland - (TX)	Denton, TX	20 GWh	May 1966	Nov 2025	Natural Gas
T H Wharton	NRG Texas Power LLC	Houston, TX	583 GWh	Jun 1967	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Ray Olinger	City of Garland - (TX)	Navada, TX	51 GWh	Jun 1967	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
R W Miller	RW Miller Power LLC	Palo Pinto, TX	470 GWh	Sep 1968	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Houston Plant	Eco Services Corp.	Houston, TX	52 GWh	Dec 1969	Dec 2025	Waste Heat
Lake Hubbard	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Sunnyvale, TX	2 TWh	May 1970	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 97.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.0%
Cedar Bayou	NRG Texas Power LLC	Baytown, TX	3 TWh	Nov 1970	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
O W Sommers	City of San Antonio - (TX)	San Antonio, TX	2 TWh	Mar 1972	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Texas Petrochemicals	TPC Group, LLC	Houston, TX	241 GWh	May 1972	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 85.3% Other Gas : 14.7%
Nueces Bay	City of San Antonio - (TX)	Corpus Christi, TX	2 TWh	Jun 1972	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Greens Bayou	NRG Texas Power LLC	Houston, TX	18 GWh	May 1973	Nov 2025	Natural Gas
Barney M Davis	City of San Antonio - (TX)	Corpus Christi, TX	2 TWh	Apr 1974	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Works 4	Vitro Architectural Glass	Wichita Falls, TX	56 MWh	May 1974	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Martin Lake	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Tatum, TX	10 TWh	Apr 1977	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Freeport Energy	Olin Blue Cube Operations	Freeport, TX	2 TWh	Mar 1978	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Dansby	City of Bryan - (TX)	Bryan, TX	195 GWh	Aug 1978	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Fayette Power Project	Lower Colorado River Authority	La Grange, TX	8 TWh	May 1979	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Shell Deer Park	Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP)	Deer Park, TX	1 TWh	Sep 1979	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 83.5% Other Gas : 9.7% Purchased Steam : 6.8%
Coleto Creek	Coleto Creek Power LP	Fannin, TX	3 TWh	May 1980	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
San Miguel	San Miguel Electric Coop, Inc	Christine, TX	1 TWh	Dec 1981	Jul 2026	Lignite Coal : 99.7%
Houston Chemical Complex Battleground	Oxy Vinyls LP	Houston, TX	2 TWh	Apr 1982	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.5%
Amistad Dam & Power	International Bound & Wtr Comm	Del Rio, TX	39 GWh	May 1983	Dec 2025	Water
Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West	Valero Refining Co	Corpus Christi, TX	86 GWh	Aug 1983	Jul 2026	Petroleum Coke : 42.3% Other Gas : 39.8% Natural Gas : 17.8%
Seadrift Coke LP	Seadrift Coke L P	Port Lavaca, TX	35 GWh	Oct 1983	Jul 2026	Petroleum Coke : 69.2% Other Gas : 27.3% Natural Gas : 3.5%
Texas Gulf Sulphur	Wharton County Generation LLC	NewGulf, TX	5 GWh	Mar 1984	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Enterprise Products Operating	Enterprise Products Optg LP	Mont Belvieu, TX	150 GWh	Aug 1984	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Bayou Cogen Plant	Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP	Pasadena, TX	2 TWh	Nov 1984	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 93.2% Other Gas : 6.8%
Power Island	INEOS USA LLC	Alvin, TX	908 GWh	Oct 1985	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC	Odyssey Operating Services	Channelview, TX	3 TWh	Oct 1985	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Limestone	NRG Texas Power LLC	Jewett, TX	7 TWh	Nov 1985	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.3% Natural Gas : 0.7%
Rice University	Rice University	Houston, TX	19 GWh	Dec 1985	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Power Station 4	South Houston Green Power LLC	Texas City, TX	517 GWh	Aug 1986	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd	Formosa Plastics Corp	Point Comfort, TX	5 TWh	Feb 1987	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 97.8% Other Gas : 2.2%
Victoria Texas Plant	Invista	Victoria, TX	542 GWh	Mar 1987	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Texas City Power Plant	Texas City Cogeneration LLC	Texas City, TX	1 TWh	Apr 1987	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Signal Hill Generating LLC	Signal Hill Generating LLC	Wichita Falls, TX	7 GWh	May 1987	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
C R Wing Cogen Plant	BHER Power Resources, Inc	Big Spring, TX	428 GWh	Jun 1987	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Westhollow Technology Center	Shell Chemical LP	Houston, TX	13 GWh	Dec 1987	Dec 2025	Natural Gas
Corpus Refinery	Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC	Corpus Christi, TX	271 GWh	Apr 1988	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 90.6% Solar : 9.4%
Morgan Creek	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Colorado City, TX	35 GWh	Jun 1988	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 83.6% Natural Gas : 16.4%
South Texas Project	STP Nuclear Operating Co	Wadsworth, TX	20 TWh	Jul 1988	Jul 2026	Nuclear
Canyon	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority	Canyon Lake, TX	1 MWh	Dec 1988	Dec 2025	Water

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