Ranchero Wind Farm LLC
Scout Clean Energy · Crockett County · ERCOT
Ranchero Wind Farm is a 300 MW wind project in Crockett County, Texas. EIA reports September 2019 operation; Scout Clean Energy reports an October 2019 commercial-operation date. The project uses 120 GE 2.5 MW turbines with 127-meter rotors, spans roughly 23,000 acres, and connects to ERCOT through a short 345 kV gen-tie. Scout developed the project and continues to manage operations, maintenance, and commercial oversight.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 300 MW
EIA and Scout
- Land area
- ~23,000 acres
Scout
- Company COD
- Oct 2019
Scout
- Settlement point
- RANCHERO_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 62259
Ranchero Wind Farm LLC
Resource stack
- 2 resources
RANCHERO_UNIT1 · RANCHERO_UNIT2
Profile
- Grid role
- Merchant wind generation selling into ERCOT.
- Equipment
- 120 GE 2.5 MW turbines with 127-meter rotors.
- Interconnection
- 345 kV gen-tie to ERCOT; Scout describes the line as 300 yards.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 300 MW
EIA and Scout
- Current manager
- Scout Clean Energy
Scout
- Equipment
- 120 GE 2.5 MW turbines
Scout
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAN | 300 MW 300 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Sep 2019 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 300 MW
- National rank
- #71
- TX rank
- #25
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Project company and EIA registered operator | Ranchero Wind Farm LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Developer and operations/commercial manager | Scout Ranchero project | |
| Market resources | RANCHERO_UNIT1, RANCHERO_UNIT2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-62259 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/ranchero-wind-farm-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 September 2019.
- Scout Commercial-Operation MonthScout Ranch...
Scout reports October 2019 COD.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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