# Karankawa Wind LLC

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/karankawa-wind-llc

Avangrid Renewables, LLC - San Patricio County - ERCOT

Karankawa Wind LLC (EIA plant 61343) is a 307.06 MW onshore wind farm spanning San Patricio and Bee counties in south Texas near Mathis. It consists of 124 GE wind turbines—93 units rated at 2.52 MW, 7 at 2.5 MW, and 24 at 2.3 MW—on 18,000 acres. Developed and owned by Avangrid Renewables, LLC (a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. and part of the Iberdrola Group), the facility achieved commercial operation on December 30, 2019. Output is sold under long-term power purchase agreements to Austin Energy (207 MW) and Nike (100 MW).

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 307.1 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 61343 — plant-61343

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Avangrid Power LLC

## Related parties

- **Commercial participant:** Karankawa Wind, LLC — Project legal entity and renewable-energy-credit registrant
- **Owner / developer:** Avangrid Renewables, LLC — Developer and owner ([source](https://www.avangrid.com/w/karankawa-wind-farm-achieves-commercial-operation-1))
- **Parent company:** AVANGRID, Inc. — Parent company of Avangrid Renewables, LLC ([source](https://www.avangrid.com/))
- **Parent company:** Iberdrola, S.A. — Corporate group parent of Avangrid Renewables ([source](https://www.iberdrola.com/))
- **Offtaker:** Austin Energy — Power offtaker ([source](https://austinenergy.com/))
- **Offtaker:** NIKE, Inc. — Power offtaker ([source](https://purpose.nike.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** GE / GE Vernova — Wind-turbine original equipment manufacturer ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/wind-power/wind-turbines))
- **Regulator:** Public Utility Commission of Texas — State energy regulator ([source](https://www.puc.texas.gov/))
- **Regulator:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — Federal market-power and exemption regulator ([source](https://www.ferc.gov/))

## Sources

- [interchange.puc.texas.gov](http://interchange.puc.texas.gov/search/filings?ControlNumber=49620&DocumentType=ALL&SortBy=FileStamp&SortOrder=Descending&UtilityType=E) — interchange.puc.texas.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [avangrid.com](https://www.avangrid.com/documents/453723/3564177/Karankawa%2BFact%2BSheet%2BFinal.pdf/9c75a380-184a-5c07-859e-8fb07a10898b?t=1664386894629) — avangrid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [avangrid.com](https://www.avangrid.com/w/avangrid-renewables-signs-ppa-with-nike-for-portion-of-new-texas-gulf-coast-wind-farm) — avangrid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [avangrid.com](https://www.avangrid.com/w/karankawa-wind-farm-achieves-commercial-operation-1) — avangrid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/karankawa-wind-llc
Website: [Avangrid Renewables, LLC](https://www.avangrid.com/w/karankawa-wind-farm-achieves-commercial-operation-1)

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