Old Settler Wind
Northleaf Capital Partners · Floyd County · ERCOT
Old Settler Wind is a wind power facility with 151.2 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Floyd County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 60366. Old Settler Wind, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Old Settler Wind (151.2 MW) was part of a portfolio transaction announced July 14, 2016 that enabled the U.S. Army’s largest renewable-energy PPA; Apex reported the wind farm will generate enough electricity to power about 51,000 average U.S. homes. The plant began commercial operation in 2017. It participates as an ERCOT generator.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 151.2 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 60366
Old Settler Wind, LLC · Floyd County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Old Settler Wind is operating.
- Commercial operation
- 2017
Best-supported operating milestone.
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Context
- Old Settler Wind (151.2 MW) was part of a portfolio transaction announced July 14, 2016 that enabled the U.S. Army’s largest renewable-energy PPA; Apex reported the wind farm will generate enough electricity to power about 51,000 average U.S. homes.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 151.2 MW
Onshore Wind Turbine
- Commercial operation
- 2017
- Operating status
- operating
Old Settler Wind is operating.
- Location
- Floyd County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Old Settler Wind, LLC
- Asset role
- wind
ERCOT · Floyd County
- Owner
- Old Settler Wind, LLC
The FERC/MBR EIA index row directly lists 'Old Settler Wind, LLC' next to EIA Plant ID 60366 (registered owner). Market reporting and data snapshots (GlobalData / Northleaf press item) identify Northleaf and related entities as investors/owners on the project.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSWF | 151.2 MW 151.2 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Apr 2017 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 151.2 MW
- National rank
- #437
- TX rank
- #143
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.
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.
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.
Financing
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 | Old Settler Wind, LLC | Registered entity associated with Old Settler Wind. |
| Developer | Owner / developer associated with Old Settler Wind. | |
| Portfolio owner / developer | Financing covers a portfolio that includes Old Settler Wind. | |
| EPC contractor | Reported as the balance-of-plant contractor for the Cotton Plains and Old Settler wind projects in Floyd County. | |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-60366 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/old-settler-wind. |
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
- Financing arranged at closingApex Comple...
Apex and Northleaf arranged debt financing and tax-equity commitments in separate transactions that closed at the same time as the ownership transaction.
- Proxy revenue swap (weather/revenue hedge)Allianz Ris...
Old Settler Wind executed a 10-year proxy revenue swap with Allianz Risk Transfer (reported July–August 2016) transferring project revenues in return for fixed annual payments as a weather/revenue risk transfer.
- Commissioning / operation (reported)Allianz Ris...
Public asset listings and EIA records list Old Settler Wind as commissioned/operational in 2017 and registered as EIA Plant ID 60366.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator OSWF with this operating date.
Sources
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