Appaloosa Run Wind
NextEra Energy Inc · Upton County · ERCOT
Appaloosa Run Wind is an EIA-listed onshore wind turbine facility with 171.8 MW in Upton County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 65335. Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Tri Global Energy developed the project; NextEra Energy Partners reported a 49% portfolio interest. Commercial operation began in December 2022.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 171.8 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65335
Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC · Upton County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Appaloosa Run Wind is operating.
- Commercial operation
- December 2022
Best-supported operating milestone.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
APPALOSA_UNIT1 · APPALOSA_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Physical build
- Appaloosa Run Wind was built with 62 onshore GE Vernova 2.8-127 class turbines (predominant turbine model reported) producing a total nameplate capacity shown for the plant as 171.8 MW (EIA).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 171.8 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- December 2022
- Location
- Upton County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Upton County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAPPA | 171.8 MW 171.8 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 171.8 MW
- National rank
- #379
- TX rank
- #122
Monthly generation
Download CSVMonthly 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 · Wind
Generation
3 mo through May 22, 2026Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through May 22, 2026
Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending May 22, 2026
Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.
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.
Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsInterconnection record
ERCOT GIS ReportMatched to the latest available ERCOT generation-interconnection queue record. Queue status and completion dates describe the queue record; operating status is verified separately against plant and market registrations.
Nearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, 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
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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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Appaloosa Run Wind, LLC | Operator associated with Appaloosa Run Wind. |
| Developer | Owner / developer associated with Appaloosa Run Wind. | |
| Financier | Provided royalty-based financing (creation of a revenue royalty) to support Tri Global Energy’s origination and development work; announced May 4, 2021. | |
| Market resources | APPALOSA_UNIT1, APPALOSA_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65335 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/appaloosa-run-wind. |
Reporting portfolio
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Development began (Tri Global Energy)Tri Global ...
Tri Global Energy commenced development of Appaloosa Run in 2018.
- Project sale announced; royalty financing createdTri Global ...
Tri Global Energy announced the sale of the Appaloosa Run project (May 4, 2021); Great Bay Renewables disclosed a revenue-royalty financing in support of Tri Global’s development work. The announcement did not name the buyer or disclose sale consideration.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator WAPPA with this operating date.
- Power Purchase AgreementDuPont to S...
DuPont announced virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC for Appaloosa Run Wind Energy Center. Project confirmed operational and generating; contracted capacity 135 MW; estimated 528,000 MWh/year.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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