Rio Bravo Windpower, LLC
BHE Renewables · Starr County · ERCOT
Rio Bravo is a 237.6 MW wind facility in Starr County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists one operating generator under Plant ID 61865, with service beginning in June 2019. BHE Renewables acquired full ownership effective March 28, 2025 and describes the project as 237 MW with 66 Vestas 3.6 MW turbines.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 237.6 MW
EIA May 2026
- Company project rating
- 237 MW
BHE Renewables
- Turbines
- 66
Vestas · 3.6 MW
- Site area
- 14,730 acres
BHE Renewables
- Settlement point
- CABEZON_ALL
ERCOT settlement point.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 61865
Rio Bravo Windpower LLC
Resource stack
- 2 resources
CABEZON_WIND1 · CABEZON_WIND2
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT's South region.
- Operating record
- 237.6 MW EIA nameplate · June 2019 service.
- Equipment
- 66 Vestas turbines rated at 3.6 MW each.
- Ownership history
- Longroad development · Sammons acquisition in 2018 · BHE full ownership from March 2025.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 237.6 MW
EIA
- Equipment
- 66 × 3.6 MW Vestas turbines
BHE Renewables
- Current owner
- BHE Renewables
BHE Renewables
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 237.6 MW 237.6 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Jun 2019 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 237.6 MW
- National rank
- #170
- TX rank
- #57
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 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 and EIA registered operator | Rio Bravo Windpower LLC | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Full owner since March 28, 2025 | BHE Rio Bravo acquisition announcement | |
| Wind-turbine supplier | BHE Rio Bravo acquisition announcement | |
| Market resources | CABEZON_WIND1, CABEZON_WIND2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-61865 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/rio-bravo-windpower-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
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
- BHE acquired full ownershipBHE Rio Bra...
BHE moved from tax-equity and partial ownership to full ownership.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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