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 | May 2025 |
| Annual Generation | 476.0 TWh |
| Power Plants | 1,139 |
| Utilities | 590 |
| Ranked #3 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation | |
| Ranked #3 out of 53 in terms of annual generation from natural gas | |
| Power Plant Types | Natural Gas | 42.5% Wind | 23.7% Coal | 13.3% Solar | 11.7% Nuclear | 8.6% Other Fuel | 0.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Solar LLC | 174 Power Global Corp. | Midlothian, TX | 156 GWh | Sep 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Galloway 2 Solar Farm | 224WB 8me LLC | Paint Rock, TX | 228 GWh | Sep 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Galloway 1 Solar Farm | 225DD 8me LLC | Paint Rock, TX | 505 GWh | Sep 2021 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| 2W Permian Solar Project Hybrid | 2W Permian Solar, LLC | Andrews, TX | 939 GWh | Jul 2021 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| 7V Solar Ranch | 7V Solar Ranch, LLC | Muldoon, TX | 95 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Red Tailed Hawk Solar LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Pierce, TX | 361 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Palmas Wind, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 330 GWh | Oct 2020 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| La Chalupa, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 453 GWh | May 2021 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Fort Bend Solar LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | East Bernard, TX | 449 GWh | Sep 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| San Roman Wind I, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Los Fresnos, TX | 236 GWh | Jan 2017 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| BT Cooke Solar, LLC | Adapture Renewables, Inc. | Gainsville, TX | 110 GWh | Nov 2020 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| CatanSolar | Adapture Renewables, Inc. | Runge, TX | 23 GWh | Nov 2020 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Buffalo Gap Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 199 GWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Nolan, TX | 292 GWh | Jul 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 373 GWh | Jun 2007 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Bayou Cogen Plant | Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP | Pasadena, TX | 2 TWh | Nov 1984 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas : 91.4% Other Gas : 8.6% |
| Senate Wind LLC | Algonquin Power Co | Bryson, TX | 463 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Algonquin Power Co | Eden, TX | 1 TWh | Feb 2022 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Amadeus Wind Farm | Amadeus Wind LLC | Rotan, TX | 739 GWh | Nov 2020 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Ameresco Dallas LLC | Ameresco Dallas LLC | Dallas, TX | 28 GWh | Jan 2011 | Dec 2023 | Landfill Gas |
| Fighting Jays Solar Project | AP Solar 2, LLC | Needville, TX | 283 GWh | May 2022 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| AP Sunray LLC | AP Sunray LLC | Knippa, TX | 222 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Appaloosa Run Wind | Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC | Rankin, TX | 711 GWh | Nov 2022 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc. | Ascend Performance Materials | Alvin, TX | 193 GWh | May 1993 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Astra Wind Farm | Astra Wind LLC | Happy, TX | 568 GWh | Apr 2017 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Sand Hill | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | 2 TWh | May 2001 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Robert Mueller Energy Center | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | 23 GWh | Jun 2006 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Nacogdoches Power | Austin Energy | Cushing, TX | 191 GWh | May 2012 | Feb 2025 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| Penascal II Wind Project LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Sarita, TX | 232 GWh | Feb 2010 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Karankawa Wind LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Mathis, TX | 807 GWh | Oct 2019 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| True North Solar, LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Otto, TX | 148 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Baffin Wind | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Sarita, TX | 324 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Barton Chapel Wind Farm | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Jacksboro, TX | 242 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Patriot Wind Farm | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Bishop, TX | 632 GWh | May 2019 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Penascal Wind Power LLC | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Sarita, TX | 387 GWh | Mar 2009 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Aviator Wind | Aviator Wind, LLC | Robert Lee, TX | 2 TWh | May 2021 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Azure Sky Solar | Azure Sky Solar Project, LLC | Haskell, TX | 519 GWh | Jun 2021 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC Hybrid | Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC | Throckmorton, TX | 1 TWh | Aug 2023 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| BASF Freeport Works | BASF Corporation | Feeeport, TX | 589 GWh | Apr 1999 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop Energy Partners, LP | Cedar Creek, TX | 3 TWh | Apr 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Baytown Energy Center | Baytown Energy Center LLC | Baytown, TX | 5 TWh | May 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Bearkat | Bearkat Wind Energy 1, LLC | St. Lawrence, TX | 689 GWh | Jan 2018 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Orion I Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 1 LLC | Burlington, TX | 284 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Orion II Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 2 LLC | Rosebud, TX | 229 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Orion III Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 3 LLC | Buckholts, TX | 347 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Bernard Creek Solar | Bernard Creek Solar, LLC | Hungerford, TX | 439 GWh | Nov 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Pearl Solar | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 104 GWh | Sep 2017 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Mariah del Norte | BHE Renewables, LLC | Friona, TX | 868 GWh | Oct 2016 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Santa Rita Wind Energy | BHE Renewables, LLC | Big Lake, TX | 1 TWh | Nov 2017 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Alamo 6 | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 244 GWh | Feb 2017 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Flat Top Wind I | BHE Renewables, LLC | Mullin, TX | 743 GWh | Dec 2017 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| C R Wing Cogen Plant | BHER Power Resources, Inc | Big Spring, TX | 100 GWh | Jun 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Blue Jay Solar I, LLC | Blue Jay Solar I, LLC | Iola, TX | 445 GWh | May 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Blue Summit II Wind, LLC | Blue Summit II Wind, LLC | Vernon, TX | 370 GWh | Dec 2018 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Blue Summit III Wind | Blue Summit III Wind, LLC | Chilicothe, TX | 757 GWh | Nov 2019 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Blue Summit Wind LLC | Blue Summit Wind LLC | Vernon, TX | 493 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Bluebell Solar II | Bluebell Solar II, LLC | Sterling, TX | 262 GWh | Nov 2020 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Bluebell Solar | Bluebell Solar, LLC | Sterling City, TX | 66 GWh | Oct 2018 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| BMP Wind (TX) | BMP Wind LLC | Baird, TX | 757 GWh | Nov 2021 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Spinning Spur Wind III | Boralex US Operations LLC | Adrian, TX | 762 GWh | Aug 2015 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Longhorn Wind | Boralex US Operations LLC | Silverton, TX | 753 GWh | Apr 2015 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| BPL Crown Solar LLC | BPL Crown Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 197 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Files Solar | BPL Files Solar LLC | Itasca, TX | 273 GWh | Jul 2023 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Sol Solar LLC | BPL Sol Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 192 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Brazoria County Solar Project (Danciger) | Brazoria County Solar Project | Damon, TX | 395 GWh | Jun 2022 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Brazoria West | Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC | Damon, TX | 405 GWh | Aug 2022 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Briscoe Wind Farm | Briscoe Wind Farm, LLC | Silverton, TX | 415 GWh | Sep 2015 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Silas Ray | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Brownsville, TX | 125 GWh | Apr 1952 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Coniglio Solar | BT Coniglio Solar LLC | Wolfe City, TX | 194 GWh | Jul 2021 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Connolly BESS | BT Connolly Storage, LLC | Decatur, TX | 11 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Electricity used for energy storage |
| Noble Solar | BT Noble Solar, LLC | Krum, TX | 464 GWh | Aug 2022 | Mar 2025 | Solar : 99.9% |
| BT Signal Ranch | BT Signal Ranch, LLC | Quinlan, TX | 23 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Buckthorn Westex | Buckthorn Westex, LLC | Ft. Stockton, TX | 381 GWh | Apr 2018 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Buckthorn Wind | Buckthorn Wind Project, LLC | Mingus, TX | 357 GWh | Nov 2017 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Bull Creek Wind | Bull Creek Wind LLC | O'Donnell, TX | 269 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Bosque County Peaking | Calpine Bosque Energy Center LLC | Laquna Park, TX | 4 TWh | Jun 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | 2 TWh | May 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | 2 TWh | Jan 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 346 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Canadian Breaks, LLC | Canadian Breaks LLC | Vega, TX | 870 GWh | Nov 2019 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Scurry, TX | 1 TWh | - | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Sterling City, TX | 2 TWh | Oct 2007 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| TPE Whitney Solar, LLC | Cardinal Renewables | Kopperl, TX | 19 GWh | Nov 2017 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| Castle Gap Wind | Castle Gap Wind Power, LLC | Goldthwaite, TX | 600 GWh | Sep 2023 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| CED Crane Solar | CED Crane Solar, LLC | Crane, TX | 412 GWh | Jun 2020 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Cedro Hill Wind LLC | Cedro Hill Wind, LLC | Bruni, TX | 451 GWh | Nov 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Century Oak Wind Project, LLC | Century Oak Wind Project, LLC | Cisco, TX | 362 GWh | - | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Colorado Bend Energy Center | CER Colorado Bend Energy Partners LP | Wharton, TX | 2 TWh | Apr 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Quail Run Energy Center | CER Quail Run Energy Partners LP | Odessa, TX | 2 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Channel Energy Center LLC | Channel Energy Center LLC | Pasadena, TX | 4 TWh | Jun 2001 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas : 91.5% Other Gas : 8.5% |
| Chapman Ranch Wind I | Chapman Ranch Wind LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | 595 GWh | Sep 2017 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| BayWa r.e Mozart LLC | Chopin Wind, LLC | Jayton, TX | 59 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Bryan (TX) | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | 4 GWh | Dec 1954 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Dansby | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | 188 GWh | Aug 1978 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Denton Energy Center | City of Denton - (TX) | Denton, TX | 261 GWh | Jun 2018 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Ray Olinger | City of Garland - (TX) | Navada, TX | 117 GWh | Jun 1967 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Powerlane Plant | City of Greenville - (TX) | Greenville, TX | 62 GWh | Dec 1965 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 96.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.2% |
| CPS 1 Community Solar | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Adkins, TX | 2 GWh | Jul 2016 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
| V H Braunig | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | 2 TWh | Feb 1966 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Leon Creek | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | 223 GWh | May 2004 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
Surrounding Balancing Authorities
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 22.8 TWh | 47 |
| #46 | El Paso Electric Company | 6.8 TWh | 31 |
| #20 | Public Service Company of Colorado | 48.7 TWh | 201 |
| #36 | Public Service Company of New Mexico | 15.0 TWh | 108 |
| #6 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans | 251.8 TWh | 393 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 297.0 TWh | 762 |
| #51 | Southwestern Power Administration | 4.2 TWh | 31 |
| #8 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 158.8 TWh | 170 |
| #38 | Tucson Electric Power | 13.7 TWh | 51 |
| #23 | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region | 35.6 TWh | 170 |
Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. | 643.3 TWh | 2,653 |
| #3 | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. | 476.0 TWh | 1,139 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 297.0 TWh | 762 |
| #6 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans | 251.8 TWh | 393 |
| #7 | California Independent System Operator | 190.1 TWh | 1,943 |
| #8 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 158.8 TWh | 170 |
| #10 | Florida Power & Light Co. | 148.3 TWh | 159 |
| #12 | New York Independent System Operator | 130.6 TWh | 1,100 |
| #13 | Duke Energy Carolinas | 111.4 TWh | 556 |
| #15 | ISO New England | 103.2 TWh | 1,487 |