Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center
NextEra Energy Resources · Sterling County · ERCOT
Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center is a 301.3 MW wind facility in Sterling County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one operating generator dated December 2022 and lists Lacy Creek Wind, LLC as operator. Public equipment counts conflict arithmetically with the operating capacity, so no turbine count or model is published here.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 301.3 MW
EIA May 2026
- In service
- 2022
NextEra and EIA
- Settlement point
- LACY_CRK_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Current resources
- 4
LACY_CRK_UNIT1–4
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65162
Lacy Creek Wind, LLC
Resource stack
- 4 resources
LACY_CRK_UNIT1 · LACY_CRK_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's West region.
- Financing structure
- NextEra reports project debt and differential-membership-interest tax-credit financing.
- Equipment disclosure
- Not published because available public counts do not reconcile to the current 301.3 MW EIA rating.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 301.3 MW
EIA May 2026
- Current operator
- Lacy Creek Wind, LLC
EIA May 2026
- Financing classification
- Project debt · DMI
NextEra portfolio
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCW1 | 301.3 MW 301.3 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2022 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 301.3 MW
- National rank
- #63
- TX rank
- #22
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 inventoryRelated 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Market resources | LACY_CRK_UNIT1, LACY_CRK_UNIT2, LACY_CRK_UNIT3, LACY_CRK_UNIT4 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65162 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/lacy-creek-wind-energy-center. |
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
- Renewable-Energy Registration AmendedLacy Creek ...
Lacy Creek Wind filed an amended Texas renewable-energy-credit registration.
- Generator Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports December 2022; NextEra reports a 2022 in-service year.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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