Papalote Creek II LLC
RWE Clean Energy · San Patricio County · ERCOT
EIA's May 2026 inventory dates the aggregate wind-generator record to December 2010. A historical 18-year LCRA power-purchase agreement became the subject of federal appellate litigation; it is retained as a historical contract rather than a statement of current offtake.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 200.1 MW
EIA and RWE
- RWE ownership
- 100%
2023 financial statements
- Settlement point
- COTTON_PAP2
ERCOT settlement point.
- Commercial operation
- Dec 2010
EIA
Resource stack
- 1 resource
COTTON_PAP2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale onshore wind generation in ERCOT's South region.
- Current ownership
- RWE's 2023 financial statements list a 100% shareholding.
Structured profile
- Nameplate capacity
- 200.1 MW
EIA
- Historical PPA
- 18 years with LCRA
Fifth Circuit opinion
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 200.1 MW 200.1 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Dec 2010 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 200.1 MW
- National rank
- #271
- TX rank
- #91
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
1 ERCOT market resource · 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Project company | Papalote Creek II LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Market resources | COTTON_PAP2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-57212 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/papalote-creek-ii-llc. |
Reporting portfolio
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| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | 255 MW | NV |
| Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC | 252 MW | NV |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
View full reporting portfolioTimeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Historical LCRA PPA executedPapalote Cr...
The later federal opinion describes the 18-year agreement.
- Plant Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA dates the operating generator to December 2010.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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