Oberon IA
174 Power Global · Ector County · ERCOT
Oberon IA is a solar power facility with 150 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Ector County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 62933. Oberon Solar IA is the registered plant entity or operator. Project filings list 561,120 solar panels for the facility. The facility interconnects at Ectorharp - Wolf (138 kV tap) at 138 kV.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 62933
Oberon Solar IA · Ector County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Oberon IA is operating.
- Grid connection
- Ectorharp - Wolf (138 kV tap)
138 kV
Equipment
- 561,120 panels
Installed equipment documented in public project records.
- Project financing
- $210M
In September 2019, 174 Power Global secured $210 million in construction financing for the Oberon project.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
OBERON_UNIT_1_J01 · OBERON_UNIT_1_J02
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale solar generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Grid connection
- Ectorharp - Wolf (138 kV tap) · 138 kV.
- Context
- Public project materials describe Oberon IA as capable of powering approximately 30,000 Texas households annually.
- Physical build
- Oberon IA (EIA Plant ID 62933) — utility-scale solar PV plant; single EIA generator/unit rated 150 MW (online 2020). Owner/developer/installer materials and filings name Hanwha Q CELLS PV modules, single‑axis tracking, DC-to-AC inverters, project substation, gen‑tie/transmission, O&M building and associated balance‑of‑plant. Public reports attribute Phase 1A (the larger phase associated with Oberon IA) ~561,120 PV modules (site area and panel count reported in project completion and lien reporting).
- Financing
- In September 2019, 174 Power Global secured $210 million in construction financing for the Oberon project.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 150 MW
Solar Photovoltaic
- Operating status
- operating
Oberon IA is operating.
- Interconnection
- Ectorharp - Wolf (138 kV tap)
138 kV
- Location
- Ector County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Oberon Solar IA
- Asset role
- solar
ERCOT · Ector County
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OBR1A | 150 MW 150 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | Jul 2020 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 150 MW
- National rank
- #266
- TX rank
- #96
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 · 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Oberon Solar IA | Local EIA-anchored Ask the Grid entity record. |
| Market resources | OBERON_UNIT_1_J01, OBERON_UNIT_1_J02 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-62933 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/oberon-ia. |
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 OBR1A with this operating date.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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