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
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markum Solar Farm | Markum Solar Farm, LLC | Valley Mills, TX | 365 GWh | Oct 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Zier Solar | Cypress Creek Renewables | Brackettville, TX | 364 GWh | Mar 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Roscoe Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 364 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| McAdoo Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | McAdoo, TX | 364 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Palmas Wind, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 363 GWh | Oct 2020 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Impact Solar 1 | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Deport, TX | 361 GWh | Nov 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Hal C Weaver Power Plant | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 361 GWh | Sep 1951 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Buckthorn Wind | Buckthorn Wind Project, LLC | Mingus, TX | 360 GWh | Nov 2017 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | Sulphur Springs, TX | 359 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Aragorn Solar Project | SE Aragorn, LLC | Van Horn, TX | 358 GWh | Nov 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Buckthorn Westex | Buckthorn Westex, LLC | Ft. Stockton, TX | 357 GWh | Apr 2018 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Mark One Power Station | ProEnergy Services | Angleton, TX | 353 GWh | Oct 2022 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Ray Ranch Solar | Ray Ranch Solar LLC | Pettus, TX | 353 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 350 GWh | Jun 2007 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Blue Summit II Wind | Blue Summit II Wind, LLC | Vernon, TX | 347 GWh | Dec 2018 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Samson Solar Energy | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | 347 GWh | Apr 2022 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Mesquite Wind Power LLC | Mesquite Wind LLC | Abilene, TX | 346 GWh | Oct 2007 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Cedro Hill Wind LLC | Cedro Hill Wind, LLC | Bruni, TX | 345 GWh | Nov 2010 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Hart Wind | Hart Wind Project, LLC | Hart, TX | 344 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Sweetwater Wind 2 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Sweetwater, TX | 341 GWh | Jan 2005 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Ganado Solar | Enel Green Power NA, Inc. | Gail, TX | 340 GWh | Sep 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 338 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Papalote Creek I LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Taft, TX | 336 GWh | Aug 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| HO Clarke Generating | ProEnergy Services | Houston, TX | 336 GWh | Feb 2021 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Inadale Wind Farm LLC Hybrid | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 335 GWh | Aug 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Midway Solar - TX | Midway Solar | Fort Stockton, TX | 332 GWh | Nov 2018 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Tyler Bluff Wind Project, LLC | Southern Power Co | Muenster, TX | 332 GWh | Nov 2016 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Pearsall | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Pearsall, TX | 330 GWh | Apr 1961 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Hackberry Wind Farm | Hackberry Wind LLC | Albany, TX | 326 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Lily Solar Hybrid | Lily Solar, LLC | Scurry, TX | 318 GWh | Aug 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Sand Bluff Wind Farm | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Spring, TX | 318 GWh | Dec 2006 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Bay City, TX | 318 GWh | May 2020 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Anacacho Wind Farm, LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Brackettville, TX | 316 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Post Wind Farm LP | FPL Energy Red Canyon LLC | Fluvanna, TX | 315 GWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Swift Air Solar I | Origis Energy USA, Inc | Goldsmith, TX | 312 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Loraine Windpark Project LLC | Loraine Windpower Project | Loraine, TX | 308 GWh | Sep 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Peacock Energy Project | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Taft, TX | 307 GWh | Oct 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Concho Valley Solar, LLC | Concho Valley Solar, LLC | San Angelo, TX | 304 GWh | Apr 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm II | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Bay City, TX | 303 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Samson Solar Energy II LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | 303 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Oberon IA | Oberon Solar IA | Odessa, TX | 303 GWh | Jun 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Nolan, TX | 302 GWh | Jul 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Turkey Track Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Blackwell, TX | 301 GWh | Oct 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Upton County Solar | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | McCamey, TX | 299 GWh | Nov 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Brotman Power Station | ProEnergy Services | Rosharon, TX | 299 GWh | Apr 2023 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Penascal Wind Power LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 298 GWh | Mar 2009 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Copperhead Solar, LLC | National Grid Renewables | Riesel, TX | 297 GWh | Aug 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Prairie Switch Wind LLC | Prairie Switch Wind LLC | El Campo, TX | 292 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Nebula Solar | Rayos del Sol Solar Project, LLC | La Feria, TX | 291 GWh | May 2022 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Green Pastures Wind II | Green Pastures Wind II, LLC | Seymour, TX | 291 GWh | Sep 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Denton Energy Center | City of Denton - (TX) | Denton, TX | 289 GWh | Jun 2018 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Holstein 1 Solar Farm | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Wingate, TX | 287 GWh | May 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Penascal II Wind Project LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 286 GWh | Feb 2010 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Corpus Refinery | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | 280 GWh | Apr 1988 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Samson Solar Energy III LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | 278 GWh | Oct 2022 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Green Pastures Wind I | Green Pastures Wind I, LLC | Seymour, TX | 278 GWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| East Blackland Solar Project 1 | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Manor, TX | 277 GWh | Jun 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Baffin Wind | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 277 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Starr Solar Ranch | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Roma, TX | 272 GWh | Oct 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Elara Solar | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Pearsall, TX | 266 GWh | Nov 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Bull Creek Wind | Bull Creek Wind LLC | O'Donnell, TX | 265 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Ticona Polymers Inc | Ticona Polymers Inc | Bishop, TX | 265 GWh | Mar 1989 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Sendero | Sendero Wind Energy, LLC | Hebbronville, TX | 258 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Emerald Grove | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Crane, TX | 256 GWh | Feb 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| San Roman Wind I, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Los Fresnos, TX | 256 GWh | Jan 2017 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Bluebell Solar II | Bluebell Solar II, LLC | Sterling, TX | 255 GWh | Nov 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Stanton Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Lenorah, TX | 254 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Elm Branch Solar 1 | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Bardwell, TX | 253 GWh | Nov 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| South Trent Wind Farm | NRG Energy Inc | Sweetwater, TX | 252 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Nacogdoches Power | Austin Energy | Cushing, TX | 251 GWh | May 2012 | Dec 2025 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| Galloway 2 Solar Farm | 224WB 8me LLC | Paint Rock, TX | 247 GWh | Sep 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 7 LLC | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Haskell, TX | 245 GWh | Jul 2016 | Dec 2024 | Solar |
| West of the Pecos Solar | Big Sky Wind, LLC | TBD, TX | 245 GWh | Nov 2019 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Notrees Windpower Hybrid | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Goldsmith, TX | 237 GWh | Mar 2009 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Wagyu | Cubico USA, LLC | Damon, TX | 235 GWh | Jul 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Texas Petrochemicals | TPC Group, LLC | Houston, TX | 234 GWh | May 1972 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 86.0% Other Gas : 14.0% |
| Los Vientos V Wind Power | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Rio Grande City, TX | 234 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Leon Creek | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | 228 GWh | May 2004 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Alamo 6 | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 226 GWh | Feb 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Files Solar | BPL Files Solar LLC | Itasca, TX | 225 GWh | Jul 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lamesa Solar | Southern Power Co | Lamesa, TX | 223 GWh | Mar 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Goat Wind LP | Goat Wind LLC | Sterling City, TX | 223 GWh | Mar 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Lapetus | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Andrews, TX | 221 GWh | Nov 2019 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Briar Creek Solar 1 | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Corsicana, TX | 219 GWh | Nov 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| East Pecos Solar | Southern Power Co | McCamey, TX | 219 GWh | Mar 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Delilah Solar Energy II LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Bogota, TX | 213 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Crown Solar LLC | BPL Crown Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 212 GWh | Dec 2023 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Barton Chapel Wind Farm | Avangrid Power LLC | Jacksboro, TX | 211 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| BPL Sol Solar LLC | BPL Sol Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 208 GWh | Jan 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Windthorst-2 | EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. | Archer, TX | 206 GWh | Aug 2014 | Oct 2024 | Wind |
| Coniglio Solar | BT Coniglio Solar LLC | Wolfe City, TX | 206 GWh | Jul 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm | NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | 206 GWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| BT Hickerson Solar, LLC | BT Hickerson Solar, LLC | Clifton, TX | 205 GWh | - | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Scurry County Wind LP | Invenergy Services LLC | Snyder, TX | 205 GWh | Apr 2007 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Petra Nova Carbon Capture Cogen | Petra Nova Power I LLC | Thompsons, TX | 201 GWh | May 2013 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Silver Star I Wind Power Project | Silver Star I Power Partners LLC | Dublin, TX | 201 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Sam Rayburn | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Nursery, TX | 194 GWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| Denison | USCE-Tulsa District | Denison, TX | 192 GWh | Feb 1945 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Second Division Solar | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | West Columbia, TX | 191 GWh | Oct 2024 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Braes Bayou Plant | ProEnergy Services | Richmond, TX | 190 GWh | Jan 2022 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
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 |