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	Nov 2024
Annual Generation	461.0 TWh
Power Plants	1,139
Utilities	590
Ranked #3 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #4 out of 53 in terms of annual generation from natural gas
Power Plant Types	Natural Gas \| 44.5% Wind \| 23.8% Coal \| 12.7% Solar \| 9.8% Nuclear \| 8.4% Other Fuel \| 0.4% 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
Hopkins Energy LLC	Hopkins Energy LLC	Dike, TX	127 GWh	-	Aug 2024	Solar
Century Oak Wind Project, LLC	Century Oak Wind Project, LLC	Cisco, TX	75 GWh	-	Aug 2024	Wind
Noble Solar	BT Noble Solar, LLC	Krum, TX	576 GWh	Aug 2022	Jul 2024	Solar
Seadrift Coke LP	Seadrift Coke L P	Port Lavaca, TX	19 GWh	Oct 1983	Jun 2024	Petroleum Coke : 71.2% Other Gas : 26.3% Natural Gas : 2.5%
IKEA Round Rock 027	IKEA Property Inc	Round Rock, TX	2 GWh	Aug 2012	Jun 2024	Solar
Laredo	Talen Texas, LLC	Laredo, TX	42 GWh	Jul 2008	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Victoria	Victoria WLE, LP	Victoria, TX	974 GWh	Feb 1963	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Lake Hubbard	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Sunnyvale, TX	900 GWh	May 1970	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 96.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.9%
Greens Bayou	NRG Texas Power LLC	Houston, TX	92 GWh	May 1973	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Morgan Creek	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Colorado City, TX	74 GWh	Jun 1988	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 71.0% Natural Gas : 29.0%
Permian Basin	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Monahans, TX	345 GWh	May 1958	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.7%
Stryker Creek	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Jacksonville, TX	1 TWh	May 1958	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Trinidad (TX)	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Trinidad, TX	331 GWh	Apr 1965	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Silas Ray	Brownsville Public Utilities Board	Brownsville, TX	125 GWh	Apr 1952	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Bryan (TX)	City of Bryan - (TX)	Bryan, TX	4 GWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Ray Olinger	City of Garland - (TX)	Navada, TX	117 GWh	Jun 1967	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Dunlap TP 1	Guadalupe Blanco River Authority	New Brannfels, TX	698 MWh	Dec 1926	Dec 2023	Water
Austin	Lower Colorado River Authority	Austin, TX	5 GWh	Mar 1940	Dec 2023	Water
Buchanan Dam (TX)	Lower Colorado River Authority	Buchanan Dam, TX	14 GWh	Dec 1937	Dec 2023	Water
Granite Shoals	Lower Colorado River Authority	Marble Falls, TX	16 GWh	May 1951	Dec 2023	Water
Inks	Lower Colorado River Authority	Buchanan Dam, TX	8 GWh	Dec 1937	Dec 2023	Water
Marble Falls	Lower Colorado River Authority	Marble Falls, TX	10 GWh	Aug 1951	Dec 2023	Water
Marshall Ford	Lower Colorado River Authority	Austin, TX	26 GWh	Dec 1940	Dec 2023	Water
Sim Gideon	Lower Colorado River Authority	Bastrop, TX	1 TWh	Apr 1965	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Leon Creek	City of San Antonio - (TX)	San Antonio, TX	223 GWh	May 2004	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
O W Sommers	City of San Antonio - (TX)	San Antonio, TX	2 TWh	Mar 1972	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Pearsall	South Texas Electric Coop, Inc	Pearsall, TX	395 GWh	Apr 1961	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Sam Rayburn	South Texas Electric Coop, Inc	Nursery, TX	314 GWh	Feb 1963	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Powerlane Plant	City of Greenville - (TX)	Greenville, TX	62 GWh	Dec 1965	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 96.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.2%
Amistad Dam & Power	International Bound & Wtr Comm	Del Rio, TX	88 GWh	May 1983	Dec 2023	Water
Dansby	City of Bryan - (TX)	Bryan, TX	188 GWh	Aug 1978	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Falcon Dam & Power	International Bound & Wtr Comm	Falcon Heights, TX	31 GWh	Sep 1954	Dec 2023	Water
Whitney	USACE-Fort Worth District	Clifton, TX	2 GWh	May 1953	Dec 2023	Water
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station	NRG Texas Power LLC	La Porte, TX	716 GWh	Mar 1995	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
DeCordova Steam Electric Station	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Granbury, TX	95 GWh	Feb 1990	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 98.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.9%
Power Island	INEOS USA LLC	Alvin, TX	879 GWh	Oct 1985	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Ticona Polymers Inc	Ticona Polymers Inc	Bishop, TX	254 GWh	Mar 1989	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Enterprise Products Operating	Enterprise Products Optg LP	Mont Belvieu, TX	147 GWh	Aug 1984	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.	Ascend Performance Materials	Alvin, TX	193 GWh	May 1993	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery	Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co.	Baytown, TX	1 TWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Victoria Texas Plant	Invista	Victoria, TX	411 GWh	Mar 1987	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Corpus Refinery	Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC	Corpus Christi, TX	273 GWh	Apr 1988	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Rice University	Rice University	Houston, TX	19 GWh	Dec 1985	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Hal C Weaver Power Plant	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX	354 GWh	Sep 1951	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Newgulf Cogen	Wharton County Generation LLC	NewGulf, TX	33 GWh	Mar 1984	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Union Carbide Seadrift Cogen	Union Carbide Corp-Seadrift	Seadrift, TX	575 GWh	Dec 1963	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 95.6% Other Gas : 4.4%
Texas Petrochemicals	TPC Group, LLC	Houston, TX	236 GWh	May 1972	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 88.0% Other Gas : 12.0%
Corpus Christi	Equistar Chemicals LP	Corpus Christi, TX	73 GWh	Apr 1989	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Houston Plant	Eco Services Corp.	Houston, TX	12 GWh	Dec 1969	Dec 2023	Waste Heat
Power Station 4	South Houston Green Power LLC	Texas City, TX	629 GWh	Aug 1986	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
C R Wing Cogen Plant	BHER Power Resources, Inc	Big Spring, TX	100 GWh	Jun 1987	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Westhollow Technology Center	Shell Chemical LP	Houston, TX	22 GWh	Dec 1987	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Works 4	Vitro Architectural Glass	Wichita Falls, TX	57 MWh	May 1974	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Johnson County	Johnson County Power LLC	Cleburne, TX	1 TWh	Aug 1996	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Big Spring Wind Power Facility	Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind	Big Spring, TX	63 GWh	Nov 1998	Dec 2023	Wind
Jameson Gas Processing Plant	WTG Jameson, L.P.	Silver, TX	13 GWh	Dec 1980	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant	EnLink Midstream Services, LLC	Bridgeport, TX	50 GWh	Jun 2000	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Ennis Power Company LLC	Ennis Power Company LLC	Ennis, TX	1 TWh	Apr 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
BASF Freeport Works	BASF Corporation	Feeeport, TX	589 GWh	Apr 1999	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Exelon LaPorte Generating Station	LaPorte Power, LLC	LaPorte, TX	190 GWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm	NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP	Iraan, TX	198 GWh	Apr 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Woodward Mountain II	Pecos Wind II LP	Girvin, TX	169 GWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Woodward Mountain I	Pecos Wind I LP	Girvin, TX	176 GWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Trent Wind Farm	Trent Wind Farm LLC	Trent, TX	536 GWh	Jun 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Desert Sky	Desert Sky Wind Farm LP	Iraan, TX	462 GWh	Dec 2001	Dec 2023	Wind
Brazos Wind Farm	Shell Wind Energy Inc.	Fluvanna, TX	83 GWh	Nov 2003	Dec 2023	Wind
Sweetwater Wind 1 LLC	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Sweetwater, TX	138 GWh	Nov 2003	Dec 2023	Wind
Sweetwater Wind 2 LLC	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Sweetwater, TX	430 GWh	Jan 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
EG178 Facility	Kinder Morgan Production Company LP	Snyder, TX	687 GWh	May 2005	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm	AES Distributed Energy	Merkel, TX	199 GWh	Mar 2006	Dec 2023	Wind
Callahan Divide Wind Energy Center	FPL Energy Callahan Wind, LLC	Tusocola, TX	395 GWh	Feb 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Sweetwater, TX	426 GWh	Nov 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
Quail Run Energy Center	CER Quail Run Energy Partners LP	Odessa, TX	2 TWh	Apr 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Sweetwater Wind 5	Leeward Asset Management, LLC	Roscoe, TX	165 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Robert Mueller Energy Center	Austin Energy	Austin, TX	23 GWh	Jun 2006	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC	RWE Renewables Americas, LLC	Big Springs, TX	225 GWh	Nov 2006	Dec 2023	Wind
Post Wind Farm LP	FPL Energy Red Canyon LLC	Fluvanna, TX	312 GWh	Mar 2006	Dec 2023	Wind
Sand Bluff Wind Farm	RWE Renewables Americas, LLC	Big Spring, TX	313 GWh	Dec 2006	Dec 2023	Wind
Scurry County Wind LP	Invenergy Services LLC	Snyder, TX	234 GWh	Apr 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Austin Gas Recovery	WM Renewable Energy LLC	Austin, TX	38 GWh	Sep 2007	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Champion Wind Farm LLC	RWE Renewables Americas, LLC	Roscoe, TX	307 GWh	Jan 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm	AES Distributed Energy	Nolan, TX	292 GWh	Jul 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Stanton Wind Energy LLC	Invenergy Services LLC	Lenorah, TX	264 GWh	Jan 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
South Trent Wind Farm	NRG Energy Inc	Sweetwater, TX	265 GWh	Dec 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Whirlwind Energy Center	Whirlwind Energy LLC	Floydada, TX	84 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Winchester Power Park	Lower Colorado River Authority	Winchester, TX	86 GWh	Apr 2010	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
CFB Power Plant	Formosa Plastics Corp	Point Comfort, TX	930 GWh	Feb 2012	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Goat Wind LP	Goat Wind LP	Sterling City, TX	246 GWh	Mar 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Silver Star I Wind Power Project	Silver Star I Power Partners LLC	Dublin, TX	186 GWh	Aug 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
McAdoo Wind Energy LLC	Invenergy Services LLC	McAdoo, TX	395 GWh	Aug 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Turkey Track Wind Energy LLC	Invenergy Services LLC	Blackwell, TX	346 GWh	Oct 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Scurry County Wind II	Invenergy Services LLC	Snyder, TX	201 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Gunsight Mountain Wind Energy LLC	Invenergy Services LLC	Big Spring, TX	430 GWh	May 2016	Dec 2023	Wind
Elbow Creek Wind Project LLC	Elbow Creek Wind Project LLC	Forsan, TX	391 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Cedar Bayou 4	NRG Cedar Bayou Development Company LLC	Eldon, TX	2 TWh	May 2009	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Hackberry Wind Farm	Hackberry Wind LLC	Albany, TX	352 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Covel Gardens Gas Recovery	EDL Inc	San Antonio, TX	21 GWh	Oct 2005	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Panther Creek Wind Farm I	RWE Renewables Americas, LLC	Big Spring, TX	519 GWh	Jun 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Panther Creek Wind Farm II	RWE Renewables Americas, LLC	Big Spring, TX	391 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Bull Creek Wind	Bull Creek Wind LLC	O'Donnell, TX	269 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#26	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	22.7 TWh	47
#47	El Paso Electric Company	6.4 TWh	31
#21	Public Service Company of Colorado	45.1 TWh	201
#34	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.5 TWh	108
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	247.9 TWh	393
#5	Southwest Power Pool	290.4 TWh	762
#53	Southwestern Power Administration	3.5 TWh	31
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	157.5 TWh	170
#37	Tucson Electric Power	14.6 TWh	51
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	36.4 TWh	170

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	631.0 TWh	2,653
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	461.0 TWh	1,139
#5	Southwest Power Pool	290.4 TWh	762
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	247.9 TWh	393
#7	California Independent System Operator	191.5 TWh	1,943
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	157.5 TWh	170
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	147.7 TWh	159
#12	New York Independent System Operator	130.0 TWh	1,100
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	110.9 TWh	556
#15	ISO New England	102.8 TWh	1,487