# Canadian Breaks, LLC

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/canadian-breaks-llc

Canadian Breaks LLC · Deaf Smith County · ERCOT

Canadian Breaks is a 210.1 MW onshore wind facility spanning Deaf Smith and Oldham counties in the Texas Panhandle. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one operating generator under Plant ID 63030, operated by Canadian Breaks LLC with a December 2019 service month. Macquarie's 2018 financial-close announcement describes a 200 MW project using Siemens Gamesa turbines and identifies Rabobank, National Australia Bank and Siemens Financial Services as debt providers. Macquarie provided sponsor equity, advised the project and structured its energy hedge, tax equity and debt. The EIA capacity and the earlier project-financing scope are presented separately.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Utility-scale wind generation in the Texas Panhandle.
- **Capacity scope:** 210.1 MW current EIA record · 200 MW project scope at 2018 financial close.
- **Equipment:** Siemens Gamesa wind turbines; reviewed first-party sources do not establish a model-level count.
- **Financing:** Macquarie sponsor equity and structuring · Rabobank, NAB and Siemens Financial Services debt.

## Metrics

- **Operating capacity:** 210.1 MW — EIA
- **Financial-close scope:** 200 MW — Macquarie
- **Commercial operation:** Dec 2019 — EIA
- **Settlement point:** CN_BRKS_UNT1 — ERCOT settlement point.
- **Resource stack:** 1 resource — CN_BRKS_UNIT_1
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 63030 — Canadian Breaks LLC

## Facts

- **Operating capacity:** 210.1 MW — EIA · confidence: high
- **Equipment supplier:** Siemens Gamesa — Macquarie · confidence: high
- **Registered operator:** Canadian Breaks LLC — EIA · confidence: high
- **Commercial operation:** December 2019 — EIA · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Project company and EIA registered operator:** Canadian Breaks LLC — EIA May 2026 generator inventory
- **Developer, sponsor-equity provider, financial adviser and structuring party at 2018 financial close:** Macquarie Capital — Macquarie Canadian Breaks financial close ([source](https://www.macquarie.com/))
- **Wind-turbine supplier:** Siemens Gamesa — Macquarie Canadian Breaks financial close ([source](https://www.siemensgamesa.com/))

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · regulatory — Current generator records, capacity scopes, dates, status, operator, and technology.
- [Macquarie Canadian Breaks financial close](https://www.macquarie.com/it/en/about/news/2018/maccap-launches-gig-in-north-america-completes-two-green-energy-investments.html) — Macquarie Group · official — Project scope, developer, equipment supplier and financing counterparties.

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Website: [Canadian Breaks](https://www.macquarie.com/it/en/about/news/2018/maccap-launches-gig-in-north-america-completes-two-green-energy-investments.html)
Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:34:06.615Z
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/