Bearkat
Glasscock County · ERCOT
Bearkat is a wind power facility with 196.7 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Glasscock County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 59972. Commercial operation began in February 2018.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 196.7 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 59972
Glasscock County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Bearkat is operating.
- Grid connection
- Bearkat Station / Bearkat Substation
345 kV · WETT (Wind Energy Transmission Texas)
- Commercial operation
- February 2018
Best-supported operating milestone.
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Grid connection
- Bearkat Station / Bearkat Substation · 345 kV · WETT (Wind Energy Transmission Texas).
- Physical build
- Bearkat I (EIA Plant 59972) — 196.7 MW nameplate comprised of 57 Vestas V126-3.45 MW onshore wind turbines (BoP contractor reported as Black & McDonald).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 196.7 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- February 2018
- Interconnection
- Bearkat Station / Bearkat Substation
345 kV · WETT (Wind Energy Transmission Texas)
- Location
- Glasscock County
ERCOT
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Glasscock County
- Owner
- Bearkat Wind Energy 1, LLC
The FERC/MBR EIA lookup rows list 'Bearkat Wind Energy 1, LLC' as the utility/operator for plant code 59972. The Texas Comptroller Chapter 313 application also identifies 'Bearkat Wind Energy I, LLC' as the special-purpose project company. Together these authoritative records identify the EIA-registered owner/operator name.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRKAT | 196.7 MW 196.7 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Feb 2018 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 196.7 MW
- National rank
- #347
- TX rank
- #109
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.
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.
Interconnection 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.
Transactions and agreements
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.
Relationship graph
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | ||
| Grid selection | plant:plant-59972 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/bearkat. |
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
- Turbine installation (reported model)Bearkat 1: ...
Project materials cite Vestas V126-3.45 MW turbines for Bearkat 1 and list construction activity around January 2018.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator BRKAT with this operating date.
Sources
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