El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC
JERA Americas · Willacy County · ERCOT
El Sauz Ranch Wind is a 301 MW wind facility in Willacy County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one operating generator dated January 2025.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 301 MW
EIA May 2026
- Company COD
- Oct 2024
JERA
- EIA operating month
- Jan 2025
EIA May 2026
- Settlement point
- ELSAUZ_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65760
El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC
Resource stack
- 2 resources
ELSAUZ_UNIT1 · ELSAUZ_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's South region.
- Operating-date scope
- JERA reports October 2024 COD; EIA records January 2025 as the generator operating month.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 301 MW
EIA May 2026
- Current owner
- JERA
100%
- Balance of plant
- Wanzek
JERA acquisition announcement
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELSAU | 301 MW 301 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jan 2025 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 301 MW
- National rank
- #65
- TX rank
- #23
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Market resources | ELSAUZ_UNIT1, ELSAUZ_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65760 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/el-sauz-ranch-wind-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
- EIA Operating MonthEIA May 202...
EIA reports January 2025 for the current generator record.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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