Bernard Creek Solar
ENGIE North America · Wharton County · ERCOT
Bernard Creek Solar is a 230 MW photovoltaic facility in Wharton County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one operating generator under Plant ID 65034, with service beginning in December 2023 and Bernard Creek Solar LLC as the registered operator. ENGIE is the long-term owner and operator. The company also reports $50 million in new tax and other local revenue over the project's life.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 230 MW
EIA and ENGIE
- Solar panels
- Nearly 570,000
Smurfit Westrock
- Site area
- Approx. 1,620 acres
Smurfit Westrock
- Contracted capacity
- 207 MW
15-year VPPA
- Annual generation
- Approx. 500,000 MWh
Smurfit Westrock
- Settlement point
- SBE_RN_1
ERCOT settlement point.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65034
Bernard Creek Solar LLC
Resource stack
- 1 resource
SBE_UNIT1
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale photovoltaic generation in ERCOT.
- Operating record
- 230 MW · December 2023 service month.
- Equipment and land
- Nearly 570,000 panels · roughly 1,620 acres.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 230 MW
EIA and ENGIE
- Solar panels
- Nearly 570,000
Smurfit Westrock
- Commercial operation
- December 2023
EIA
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSBS1 | 230 MW 230 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Dec 2023 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 230 MW
- National rank
- #121
- TX rank
- #53
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
1 ERCOT market resource · Solar
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 recordsNearby 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Project company and EIA registered operator | Bernard Creek Solar LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Long-term owner and operator | ENGIE Bernard Creek project page | |
| Market resources | SBE_UNIT1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65034 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/bernard-creek-solar. |
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
- Project Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports December 2023.
- ENGIE and Smurfit Westrock dedicated the projectSmurfit Wes...
The dedication disclosed panel count land area local revenue and current partnership.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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