How big is Santa Rita East?

Santa Rita East has a reported capacity of 302.4 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Santa Rita East?

Santa Rita East is a Onshore Wind Turbine facility in Irion County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Santa Rita East located?

Santa Rita East is in Irion County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Santa Rita East?

Santa Rita East is operated by Invenergy Services LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Santa Rita East generate?

Santa Rita East reported 1,227.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Santa Rita East compare to other plants?

By capacity, Santa Rita East ranks #57 of 1,362 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #20 of 228 in TX.

Santa Rita East — 302 MW wind farm, Irion County, TX

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Overview

Operating capacity: 302.4 MW
EIA May 2026
Contracted VPPAs: 260 MW
Three corporate agreements
Company COD: Jul 24, 2019
Invenergy
EIA operating month: Jun 2019
EIA May 2026
Current resources: 2
OVEJA_G1 · OVEJA_G2
Registry anchor: Plant 62038
Invenergy Services LLC

Infrastructure record

Operator: Invenergy Services LLC

Profile

Grid role: Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's West region.
Capacity and equipment: 302.4 MW EIA operating capacity; Invenergy and AEP describe the same 302.4 MW project.
Commercial contracts: Three VPPAs total 260 MW: Grupo Bimbo 100 MW, Merck 60 MW, and Novartis 100 MW.
Ownership history: AEP acquired 75% in 2019; its competitive renewables portfolio was sold to an Invenergy-led consortium in 2023.

Structured profile

Operating capacity: 302.4 MW
EIA May 2026
Current operator: Invenergy Services LLC
EIA May 2026
Corporate VPPAs: 260 MW
Invenergy
AEP interest acquired in 2019: 75% / 227 MW
AEP

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
STRAE	302.4 MW 302.4 MW summer	Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT	Jun 2019	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 302.4 MW
National rank: #57
TX rank: #20

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

1.23 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

46.7%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

BARNHART

NOT AVAILABLE · 69 kV

10.6 km

UNKNOWN304139

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Land and environmental record

Coordinate Parcel Area

2025

518.784 Acres

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 2740; IRION APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Id

2025

2740

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 2740; IRION APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Owner

2025

DRY HOLE INTERESTS LLC

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 2740; IRION APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Dec 2018
Dec 2018
Construction Financing CompletedInvenergy c...
Santander and Rabobank led construction financing for the 302.4 MW project.
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
EIA Operating Month

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Invenergy Services LLC

Entity 49893

Operating portfolio

63 plants

22 states

Reported capacity

11,679.4 MW

Batteries · Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

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Spindle Hill Energy Center	420 MW	CO
Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC	380 MW	IL
Cannon Falls Energy Center	346.8 MW	MN
Delilah Solar Energy II LLC	310 MW	TX

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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Santa Rita East

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