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 | Jul 2025 |
| Annual Generation | 476.9 TWh |
| Power Plants | 1,305 |
| Utilities | 692 |
| 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% Wind | 23.6% Coal | 13.4% Solar | 12.2% Nuclear | 8.6% Other Fuel | 0.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Sterling City, TX | 2 TWh | Oct 2007 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Scurry, TX | 1 TWh | Dec 2023 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Canadian Breaks, LLC | Canadian Breaks LLC | Vega, TX | 862 GWh | Nov 2019 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Cameron Wind 1 LLC | Rio Hondo, TX | 339 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | 2 TWh | Jan 2002 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | 2 TWh | May 2000 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Burksol Energy Storage | Burksol, LLC | Afton, TX | 379 MWh | - | Apr 2025 | Electricity used for energy storage |
| Bull Creek Wind | Bull Creek Wind LLC | O'Donnell, TX | 265 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Buckthorn Wind | Buckthorn Wind Project, LLC | Mingus, TX | 354 GWh | Nov 2017 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Buckthorn Westex | Buckthorn Westex, LLC | Ft. Stockton, TX | 383 GWh | Apr 2018 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| BT Signal Ranch | BT Signal Ranch, LLC | Quinlan, TX | 25 GWh | Nov 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Noble Solar | BT Noble Solar, LLC | Krum, TX | 461 GWh | Aug 2022 | Apr 2025 | Solar : 99.9% |
| BT Jungmann | BT Jungmann, LLC | Buckholts, TX | 22 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Connolly BESS | BT Connolly Storage, LLC | Decatur, TX | 8 GWh | Oct 2024 | Apr 2025 | Electricity used for energy storage |
| Coniglio Solar | BT Coniglio Solar LLC | Wolfe City, TX | 211 GWh | Jul 2021 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Silas Ray | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Brownsville, TX | 103 GWh | Apr 1952 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Briscoe Wind Farm | Briscoe Wind Farm, LLC | Silverton, TX | 451 GWh | Sep 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Brazoria West | Brazoria West Solar Project, LLC | Damon, TX | 411 GWh | Aug 2022 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Brazoria County Solar Project (Danciger) | Brazoria County Solar Project, LLC | Damon, TX | 403 GWh | Jun 2022 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Sol Solar LLC | BPL Sol Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 196 GWh | Jan 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Files Solar | BPL Files Solar LLC | Itasca, TX | 271 GWh | Jul 2023 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| BPL Crown Solar LLC | BPL Crown Solar LLC | Chilton, TX | 200 GWh | Dec 2023 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Longhorn Wind | Boralex US Operations LLC | Silverton, TX | 741 GWh | Apr 2015 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| TX Hereford Wind | Boralex US Operations LLC | Hereford, TX | 648 GWh | Nov 2014 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Spinning Spur Wind III | Boralex US Operations LLC | Adrian, TX | 816 GWh | Aug 2015 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| BMP Wind (TX) | BMP Wind LLC | Baird, TX | 775 GWh | Nov 2021 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Bluebell Solar | Bluebell Solar, LLC | Sterling City, TX | 66 GWh | Oct 2018 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Bluebell Solar II | Bluebell Solar II, LLC | Sterling, TX | 260 GWh | Nov 2020 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Blue Summit Wind LLC | Blue Summit Wind LLC | Vernon, TX | 508 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Blue Summit III Wind | Blue Summit III Wind, LLC | Chilicothe, TX | 759 GWh | Nov 2019 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Blue Summit II Wind | Blue Summit II Wind, LLC | Vernon, TX | 368 GWh | Dec 2018 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Blue Jay Solar I, LLC | Blue Jay Solar I, LLC | Iola, TX | 448 GWh | May 2023 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Blackjack Creek Wind Farm | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Skidmore, TX | 521 GWh | Apr 2023 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Roscoe Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 355 GWh | Jan 2008 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Pyron Wind Farm LLC Hybrid | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Hermleigh, TX | 817 GWh | Jan 2009 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Champion Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 95 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Bay City, TX | 347 GWh | May 2020 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Big Star Solar, LLC (Hybrid) | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Rosanky, TX | 77 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Sand Bluff Wind Farm | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Spring, TX | 318 GWh | Dec 2006 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| West Raymond Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Lyford, TX | 715 GWh | Sep 2021 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Raymond Wind Farm, LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Lyford, TX | 636 GWh | May 2021 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Springs, TX | 181 GWh | Nov 2006 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Cranell Wind Farm LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | TBD, TX | 584 GWh | Dec 2021 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Grandview Wind Farm, LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Panhandle, TX | 893 GWh | Nov 2014 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Anacacho Wind Farm, LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Brackettville, TX | 316 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm II | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Spring, TX | 402 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| West of the Pecos Solar | Big Sky Wind, LLC | TBD, TX | 252 GWh | Nov 2019 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Magic Valley Wind Farm I LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | San Perlita, TX | 448 GWh | Aug 2012 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Papalote Creek II LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Taft, TX | 463 GWh | Nov 2010 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Stella Wind Farm | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Armstrong, TX | 562 GWh | Nov 2018 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Inadale Wind Farm LLC Hybrid | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Roscoe, TX | 335 GWh | Aug 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Colbeck's Corner, LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Groom, TX | 818 GWh | Apr 2016 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm I | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Spring, TX | 529 GWh | Jun 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Papalote Creek I LLC | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Taft, TX | 336 GWh | Aug 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Bruennings Breeze Wind Farm | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Raymondville, TX | 504 GWh | Nov 2017 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Panther Creek Wind Farm Three | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Big Spring, TX | 706 GWh | Jul 2009 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Big Elm Solar | Big Elm Solar, LLC | Troy, TX | 138 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| C R Wing Cogen Plant | BHER Power Resources, Inc | Big Spring, TX | 100 GWh | Jun 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Mariah del Norte | BHE Renewables, LLC | Friona, TX | 911 GWh | Oct 2016 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Flat Top Wind I | BHE Renewables, LLC | Mullin, TX | 742 GWh | Dec 2017 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Pearl Solar | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 104 GWh | Sep 2017 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Santa Rita Wind Energy | BHE Renewables, LLC | Big Lake, TX | 1 TWh | Nov 2017 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Alamo 6 | BHE Renewables, LLC | Fort Stockton, TX | 241 GWh | Feb 2017 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Bernard Creek Solar | Bernard Creek Solar, LLC | Hungerford, TX | 452 GWh | Nov 2023 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Orion III Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 3 LLC | Buckholts, TX | 397 GWh | Jul 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Orion II Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 2 LLC | Rosebud, TX | 278 GWh | Aug 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Orion I Solar Project | Ben Milam Solar 1 LLC | Burlington, TX | 323 GWh | Jul 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Bearkat | Bearkat Wind Energy 1, LLC | St. Lawrence, TX | 693 GWh | Jan 2018 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Baytown Energy Center | Baytown Energy Center LLC | Baytown, TX | 5 TWh | May 2002 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop Energy Partners, LP | Cedar Creek, TX | 3 TWh | Apr 2002 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| BASF Freeport Works | BASF Corporation | Feeeport, TX | 533 GWh | Apr 1999 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC Hybrid | Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC | Throckmorton, TX | 1 TWh | Aug 2023 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Azure Sky Solar | Azure Sky Solar Project, LLC | Haskell, TX | 527 GWh | Jun 2021 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Aviator Wind | Aviator Wind, LLC | Robert Lee, TX | 2 TWh | May 2021 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Baffin Wind | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 277 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Penascal Wind Power LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 379 GWh | Mar 2009 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Penascal II Wind Project LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Sarita, TX | 226 GWh | Feb 2010 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Barton Chapel Wind Farm | Avangrid Power LLC | Jacksboro, TX | 211 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Patriot Wind Farm | Avangrid Power LLC | Bishop, TX | 636 GWh | May 2019 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Karankawa Wind LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Mathis, TX | 804 GWh | Oct 2019 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| True North Solar, LLC | Avangrid Power LLC | Otto, TX | 196 GWh | Nov 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Robert Mueller Energy Center | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | 32 GWh | Jun 2006 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Nacogdoches Power | Austin Energy | Cushing, TX | 191 GWh | May 2012 | Feb 2025 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| Sand Hill | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | 2 TWh | May 2001 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Astra Wind Farm | Astra Wind LLC | Happy, TX | 567 GWh | Apr 2017 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc. | Ascend Performance Materials | Alvin, TX | 148 GWh | May 1993 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Appaloosa Run Wind | Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC | Rankin, TX | 722 GWh | Nov 2022 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| AP Sunray LLC | AP Sunray LLC | Knippa, TX | 260 GWh | Jul 2024 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Fighting Jays Solar Project | AP Solar 2, LLC | Needville, TX | 292 GWh | May 2022 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Angelo Solar | Angelo Solar, LLC | San Angelo, TX | 154 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Ameresco Dallas LLC | Ameresco Dallas LLC | Dallas, TX | 28 GWh | Jan 2011 | Dec 2024 | Landfill Gas |
| Amadeus Wind Farm | Amadeus Wind LLC | Rotan, TX | 735 GWh | Nov 2020 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Algonquin Power Co | Eden, TX | 1 TWh | Feb 2022 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Senate Wind LLC | Algonquin Power Co | Bryson, TX | 414 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Bayou Cogen Plant | Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP | Pasadena, TX | 2 TWh | Nov 1984 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas : 91.5% Other Gas : 8.5% |
| Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Nolan, TX | 302 GWh | Jul 2008 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 373 GWh | Jun 2007 | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Buffalo Gap Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | 179 GWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| BT Cooke Solar, LLC | Adapture Renewables, Inc. | Gainsville, TX | 110 GWh | Nov 2020 | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| CatanSolar | Adapture Renewables, Inc. | Runge, TX | 20 GWh | Nov 2020 | Dec 2024 | Solar |
Surrounding Balancing Authorities
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 23.0 TWh | 47 |
| #46 | El Paso Electric Company | 6.9 TWh | 32 |
| #20 | Public Service Company of Colorado | 48.5 TWh | 208 |
| #36 | Public Service Company of New Mexico | 14.7 TWh | 113 |
| #18 | Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | 59.0 TWh | 48 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 296.4 TWh | 830 |
| #50 | Southwestern Power Administration | 4.4 TWh | 33 |
| #8 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 158.8 TWh | 204 |
| #38 | Tucson Electric Power | 13.4 TWh | 52 |
| #23 | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region | 35.5 TWh | 182 |
Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. | 647.6 TWh | 2,788 |
| #3 | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. | 476.9 TWh | 1,305 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 296.4 TWh | 830 |
| #6 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans | 250.9 TWh | 417 |
| #7 | California Independent System Operator | 189.7 TWh | 2,051 |
| #8 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 158.8 TWh | 204 |
| #10 | Florida Power & Light Co. | 149.0 TWh | 187 |
| #12 | New York Independent System Operator | 130.8 TWh | 1,191 |
| #13 | Duke Energy Carolinas | 111.8 TWh | 565 |
| #14 | ISO New England | 103.8 TWh | 1,561 |