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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebe Solar | Phoebe Energy Project, LLC | Kermit, TX | 499 GWh | Oct 2019 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Phantom Solar | Phantom Solar, LLC | Fort Hood, TX | 8 GWh | Mar 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Bay City, TX | 338 GWh | May 2020 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm II | RWE Clean Energy | Bay City, TX | 623 GWh | Mar 2025 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Petra Nova Carbon Capture Cogen | Petra Nova Power I LLC | Thompsons, TX | 201 GWh | May 2013 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Permian Basin | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Monahans, TX | 670 GWh | May 1958 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.3% |
| Peregrine Solar | RWE Clean Energy | Gollad, TX | 711 GWh | Jan 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Penascal Wind Power LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 337 GWh | Mar 2009 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Penascal II Wind Project LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 316 GWh | Feb 2010 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Pearsall | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Pearsall, TX | 454 GWh | Apr 1961 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Pearl Solar | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 86 GWh | Sep 2017 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Peacock Energy Project | Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC | Taft, TX | 322 GWh | Oct 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Pattern Panhandle Wind LLC | Pattern Operators LP | Panhandle, TX | 616 GWh | Jun 2014 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Pattern Panhandle Wind 2 LLC | Pattern Operators LP | Panhandle, TX | 577 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Pattern Gulf Wind | Pattern Operators LP | Armstrong, TX | 779 GWh | Nov 2008 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Patriot Wind Farm | Avangrid Power LLC | Bishop, TX | 630 GWh | May 2019 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Pasadena Cogeneration | Pasadena Cogeneration LP | Pasadena, TX | 5 TWh | May 1998 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Parliament Solar | Parliament Solar, LLC | Waller, TX | 680 GWh | May 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Paris Energy Center | Paris Generation LP | Paris, TX | 321 GWh | Jun 1989 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Papalote Creek II LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Taft, TX | 459 GWh | Nov 2010 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Papalote Creek I LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Taft, TX | 386 GWh | Aug 2009 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm Three | RWE Clean Energy | Big Spring, TX | 666 GWh | Jul 2009 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm II | RWE Clean Energy | Big Spring, TX | 411 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm I | RWE Clean Energy | Big Spring, TX | 530 GWh | Jun 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Palmas Wind, LLC | Acciona Energy USA Global, LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 350 GWh | Oct 2020 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Oyster Creek Unit VIII | Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII | Freeport, TX | 3 TWh | Sep 1994 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| Oxy Renewable Energy - Goldsmith | Oxy Renewable Energy LLC | Goldsmith, TX | 39 GWh | Apr 2020 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OTHERTraditionClearfork | Texas Microgrid, LLC | Fort Worth, TX | 233 MWh | Mar 2023 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERTraditionBuffalo | Texas Microgrid, LLC | Houston, TX | 79 MWh | May 2024 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERTexasA&M | Texas Microgrid, LLC | Bryan, TX | 2 GWh | Apr 2018 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERNFBWA | Texas Microgrid, LLC | Houston, TX | 255 MWh | Jan 2021 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERCitizensHospital | Texas Microgrid, LLC | Victoria, TX | 588 MWh | Mar 2020 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERChildrensPlano | Generate ER-NG, LLC | Plano, TX | 112 MWh | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| OTHERBenEKDallas | Generate ER-NG, LLC | Dallas, TX | 306 MWh | Apr 2023 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Orion III Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 3 LLC | Buckholts, TX | 534 GWh | Jul 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Orion II Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 2 LLC | Rosebud, TX | 549 GWh | Aug 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Orion I Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 1 LLC | Burlington, TX | 441 GWh | Jul 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Oriana Solar LLC | Oriana Solar LLC | Victoria, TX | 359 GWh | Jul 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Orange Grove | Orange Grove | Jim Wells, TX | 302 GWh | May 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Old Settler Wind | Old Settler Wind, LLC | Floydada, TX | 575 GWh | Mar 2017 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Old 300 Solar Center, LLC | Old 300 Solar Center, LLC | Needville, TX | 885 GWh | Sep 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC | Odyssey Operating Services | Channelview, TX | 3 TWh | Oct 1985 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Odessa-Ector Power Plant | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Odessa, TX | 8 TWh | Jun 2001 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Ocotillo Windpower | Deriva Energy | Forsan, TX | 79 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| OCI Alamo Solar I Hybrid | OCI Energy LLC | San Antonio, TX | 78 GWh | Nov 2013 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 7 LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Haskell, TX | 232 GWh | Jul 2016 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 5 LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Uvalde, TX | 159 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 4, LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Brackettville, TX | 70 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 3 LLC | RWE Clean Energy | San Antonio, TX | 10 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| OCI Alamo 2, LLC | OCI Energy LLC | Converse, TX | 8 GWh | Feb 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Oberon IB | Oberon Solar IB | Odessa, TX | 46 GWh | Jun 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Oberon IA | Oberon Solar IA | Odessa, TX | 251 GWh | Jun 2020 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Oak Hill - Dry Creek | Vistra Zero LLC | Henderson, TX | 195 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Oak Grove (TX) | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Franklin, TX | 12 TWh | Mar 2010 | Jul 2026 | Lignite Coal : 99.3% Natural Gas : 0.7% |
| O W Sommers | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | 2 TWh | Mar 1972 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm | NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | 178 GWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Nueces Bay | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | 2 TWh | Jun 1972 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station | NRG THW GT LLC | Houston, TX | 49 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Notrees Windpower Hybrid | Deriva Energy | Goldsmith, TX | 217 GWh | Mar 2009 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Norton Solar Farm | TAI Norton Solar LLC | Bronte, TX | 245 GWh | Sep 2025 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| North Gainesville Solar | Cypress Creek Renewables | Gainesville, TX | 7 GWh | Nov 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Noble Solar | Geronimo Power | Krum, TX | 483 GWh | Aug 2022 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Niagara Bottling - Seguin | SkyHigh 2 Solar | Seguin, TX | 8 GWh | Sep 2021 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Nelson Gardens Landfill Gas to Energy | Nelson Gardens Energy, LLC | San Antonio, TX | 9 GWh | Mar 2014 | Dec 2025 | Landfill Gas |
| Nebula Solar | Rayos del Sol Solar Project, LLC | La Feria, TX | 308 GWh | May 2022 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| NASA Johnson Space Center CHP | Energy Systems Group LLC | Houston, TX | 47 GWh | Jun 2018 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Nacogdoches Power | Austin Energy | Cushing, TX | 395 GWh | May 2012 | Jul 2026 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| N. Mary Francis | Power Depot Group A, LLC | Odessa, TX | 116 MWh | Jul 2013 | Dec 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Myrtle Solar, LLC | Myrtle Solar, LLC | Angleton, TX | 410 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Mozart Wind Farm | Mozart Wind, LLC | Jayton, TX | 50 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Mountain Creek | Mountain Creek Power, LLC | Dallas, TX | 546 GWh | Jan 1956 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Morrow Lake Solar | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Pearsall, TX | 267 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Morgan Creek | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Colorado City, TX | 35 GWh | Jun 1988 | Dec 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil : 83.6% Natural Gas : 16.4% |
| Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC | RWE Clean Energy | Crowell, TX | 638 GWh | Dec 2024 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Monte Cristo 1 | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind | Monte Alto, TX | 740 GWh | Sep 2025 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mont Belvieu Cogeneration Unit | Targa Co-Generation LLC | Mont Belvieu, TX | 77 GWh | Jun 2009 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Mockingbird Solar Center | Mockingbird Solar Center, LLC | Brookston, TX | 1 TWh | Sep 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Misae Solar | Misae Lessee LLC | Childress, TX | 402 GWh | Dec 2019 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Millers Branch Solar | Southern Power Co | Haskell, TX | 293 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Midway Wind, LLC | Midway Wind, LLC | Taft, TX | 400 GWh | Jul 2019 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Midway Solar - TX | Midway Solar | Fort Stockton, TX | 300 GWh | Nov 2018 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Midpoint Solar, LLC | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | Blum, TX | 79 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Midlothian Energy LLC | Midlothian, TX | 7 TWh | Apr 2000 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Miami Wind Energy Center | Invenergy Services LLC | Miami, TX | 761 GWh | Jul 2014 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mesteno | Deriva Energy | Rio Grande City, TX | 622 GWh | Nov 2019 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mesquite Wind Power LLC | Mesquite Wind LLC | Abilene, TX | 327 GWh | Oct 2007 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mesquite Star | Mesquite Star Special LLC | Roscoe, TX | 1 TWh | Feb 2020 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mesquite Creek Wind | Deriva Energy | Lamesa, TX | 428 GWh | Mar 2015 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Mesquite Creek LFGTE Project | WM Renewable Energy LLC | New Braunfels, TX | 24 GWh | Nov 2010 | Dec 2025 | Landfill Gas |
| Mckeever | Power Depot Group A, LLC | Fresno, TX | 80 MWh | Sep 2013 | Dec 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| McCrae Wind Energy II | McCrae Wind Energy II, LLC | Garden City, TX | 377 GWh | - | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| McAdoo Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | McAdoo, TX | 387 GWh | Aug 2008 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Algonquin Power Co | Eden, TX | 2 TWh | Feb 2022 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Maryneal Windpower | Deriva Energy | Maryneal, TX | 504 GWh | Jun 2021 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | 10 TWh | Apr 1977 | Jul 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Marshall Ford | Lower Colorado River Authority | Austin, TX | 45 GWh | Dec 1940 | Dec 2025 | Water |
| Mars Solar | Sol Systems | Bruni, TX | 20 GWh | Jul 2019 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Marlin Solar | Cypress Creek Renewables | Marlin, TX | 9 GWh | Nov 2017 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Markum Solar Farm | Markum Solar Farm, LLC | Valley Mills, TX | 368 GWh | Oct 2024 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Mark One Power Station | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Angleton, TX | 415 GWh | Oct 2022 | Jul 2026 | Natural Gas |
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 |