Desert Sky
AEP Renewables · Pecos County · ERCOT
Desert Sky is an EIA-listed onshore wind turbine facility with 167.7 MW in Pecos County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 55992. AEP Renewables is the current owner; Desert Sky Wind Farm LP is the registered plant entity or operator.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 167.7 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 55992
Desert Sky Wind Farm LP · Pecos County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Desert Sky is currently operating.
- Settlement point
- INDNENR_1_RN
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 4 resources
DSKYWND1_UNIT_1A · DSKYWND1_UNIT_1B · DSKYWND2_UNIT_2A
Profile
- Operating status
- Desert Sky is currently operating.
- Market node
- PECOS · 345 kV · LCRA Transmission Services Corporation.
- Physical build
- Desert Sky Wind Farm (EIA Plant ID 55992) — commissioned 2002 in Pecos County, TX.
- Financing
- Original project financing was reported in 2003 as a project finance package of about $178.3 million arranged by Fortis Capital with co-arrangers including Dexia (May 2003).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 167.7 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
Desert Sky is currently operating.
- Location
- Pecos County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Desert Sky Wind Farm LP
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Pecos County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 167.7 MW 167.7 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jan 2002 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 167.7 MW
- National rank
- #392
- TX rank
- #125
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
4 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Desert Sky Wind Farm LP | Operator associated with Desert Sky. |
| Owner / developer | ||
| Market resources | DSKYWND1_UNIT_1A, DSKYWND1_UNIT_1B, DSKYWND2_UNIT_2A, DSKYWND2_UNIT_2B | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-55992 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/desert-sky. |
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
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
- Commercial OperationSource
Desert Sky entered commercial operation.
- Repowering / earlier-phase retirementsAEP Renewab...
The site’s early-2000s phases were retired and the project was repowered in 2018 (sources describe phased retirements and a repowered operating phase).
- Acquisition ClosedAEP Renewab...
AEP Renewables completed acquisition of Invenergy's 20.1% interest in the 170 MW Desert Sky wind facility for approximately $98 million on Aug. 18, 2020.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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