Canadian Breaks, LLC
Canadian Breaks LLC · Deaf Smith County · ERCOT
Canadian Breaks is a 210.1 MW onshore wind facility spanning Deaf Smith and Oldham counties in the Texas Panhandle. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one operating generator under Plant ID 63030, operated by Canadian Breaks LLC with a December 2019 service month. Macquarie's 2018 financial-close announcement describes a 200 MW project using Siemens Gamesa turbines and identifies Rabobank, National Australia Bank and Siemens Financial Services as debt providers. Macquarie provided sponsor equity, advised the project and structured its energy hedge, tax equity and debt. The EIA capacity and the earlier project-financing scope are presented separately.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 210.1 MW
EIA
- Financial-close scope
- 200 MW
Macquarie
- Commercial operation
- Dec 2019
EIA
- Settlement point
- CN_BRKS_UNT1
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
CN_BRKS_UNIT_1
- Registry anchor
- Plant 63030
Canadian Breaks LLC
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in the Texas Panhandle.
- Capacity scope
- 210.1 MW current EIA record · 200 MW project scope at 2018 financial close.
- Equipment
- Siemens Gamesa wind turbines; reviewed first-party sources do not establish a model-level count.
- Financing
- Macquarie sponsor equity and structuring · Rabobank, NAB and Siemens Financial Services debt.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 210.1 MW
EIA
- Equipment supplier
- Siemens Gamesa
Macquarie
- Registered operator
- Canadian Breaks LLC
EIA
- Commercial operation
- December 2019
EIA
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBRKS | 210.1 MW 210.1 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2019 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 210.1 MW
- National rank
- #211
- TX rank
- #72
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 · 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 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.
Financing
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 | Canadian Breaks LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Developer, sponsor-equity provider, financial adviser and structuring party at 2018 financial close | Macquarie Canadian Breaks financial close | |
| Wind-turbine supplier | Macquarie Canadian Breaks financial close | |
| Market resources | CN_BRKS_UNIT_1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-63030 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/canadian-breaks-llc. |
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 reached financial closeMacquarie C...
Macquarie announced sponsor equity and a debt, tax-equity and hedge package.
- Generator Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports December 2019.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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