Zier Solar — 200 MW hybrid plant, Kinney County, TX

Zier Solar — 200 MW hybrid plant, Kinney County, TX · Ask the Grid

Generation and physical site

EIA plant 66137 · Inventory for Sep 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Battery storage: 40.4 MW
Solar: 160 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (2)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Zier Solar
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
11023	Batteries	Operating	40.4	80
41195	Solar Photovoltaic	Operating	160	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 29.30352, -100.52395
Filed location · EIA: 29.35099, -100.56200

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Sep 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 24, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Mar 19, 2026
Map prepared: Oct 24, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
11023	40.4 MW 40.4 MW summer	Batteries BA	Apr 2024	Operating
41195	160 MW 160 MW summer	Solar Photovoltaic PV	Apr 2024	Operating

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 160 MW; Solar Photovoltaic
National rank: #262; of 7,597 operating peers
TX rank: #96; of 242 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

339.5 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jul 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

20.8%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.

ERCOT disclosed dispatch

2 ERCOT market resources · Battery / storage, Solar

Dispatch

3 mo through Aug 28, 2026

Avg discharge

51 MW

Peak output

200 MW

Capacity factor

26%

Cycles / day

15.31

Discharging

29%

Charging

10%

Curtailed

57.3%

Cycles/day is discharged energy vs. usable capacity (~80 MWh). Capacity factor is avg discharge vs. peak.

Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through Aug 28, 2026

0:006:0012:0018:0024:00

Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending Aug 28, 2026

Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.

Settlement price economics

Observed ERCOT settlement prices at ZIER_SLR_ALL over 365 days (2025-10-26 to 2026-10-25).

Average price: $36.83/MWh
Hourly range: -$127 to $1,246
Negative price hours: 563
TB2 spread benchmark: $62.2/kW-yr

The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue: it values one perfect-foresight cycle per day between the 2 cheapest and 2 dearest hours of each day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services and any physical dispatch constraint. It describes what this node’s price shape was worth over the window — it is not this asset’s realized capture, and no dispatch is assumed or modelled.

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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AssetOwner / operatorContractor

Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

Cypress Creek RenewablesOwner and operatorCypress Creek Zier operation announcement

KiewitEngineering and construction contractorKiewit Zier project record

ZIER_SLR_ESR1, ZIER_SLR_PV1Market resourcesLinked ERCOT resources.

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Cypress Creek Renewables

Entity 61060

Operating portfolio

177 plants

12 states

Reported capacity

2,003.5 MW

Batteries · Solar Photovoltaic

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Zier SolarCurrent	200.4 MW	TX
Destiny Storage	200 MW	TX
Shakes Solar	200 MW	TX
Brazos Bend BESS, LLC	100 MW	TX
Ostrea Solar, LLC	80 MW	WA
Innovative Solar 46	78.5 MW	NC

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jun 8, 2022
Jun 8, 2022
NADBank certified the project loanNADBank Zie...
NADBank reports a $61.19 million loan.
Sep 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022
Project Financing ClosedCypress Cre...
Cypress Creek closed a $216 million financing package.
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
EIA operating records beganEIA May 202...
EIA dates both solar and battery generators to April 2024.
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
Completion CelebratedCypress Cre...
Cypress Creek celebrated completion and commercial operation on May 2.
Aug 28, 2026
Aug 28, 2026
Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

ERCOTERCOT 60-Day SCED disclosureMarket disclosure

Common questions about Zier Solar

Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.

How big is Zier Solar?

Zier Solar reports 40.4 MW battery storage + 160 MW solar of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.

What kind of plant is Zier Solar?

Zier Solar is a Batteries; Solar Photovoltaic; facility in Kinney County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Zier Solar located?

Zier Solar is in Kinney County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Zier Solar?

Zier Solar is operated by Cypress Creek Renewables according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Zier Solar generate?

Zier Solar reported 339.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Zier Solar connect to the grid?

Zier Solar settles at ZIER_SLR_ALL.

How does Zier Solar compare to other plants?

By capacity, Zier Solar ranks #262 of 7,597 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #96 of 242 in TX.

Co-located assets

Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.

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