Tres Bahias
Calhoun County · ERCOT
Tres Bahias is a solar power facility with 196.3 MW of EIA-reported operating capacity in Calhoun County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 65947. Swift Current Energy is the public owner or developer; Tres Bahias Solar Power, LLC is the registered plant entity or operator. Tres Bahias is described in a legal/press filing as the largest operating solar project in Calhoun County, Texas. The facility interconnects at Tres Bahias at 138 kV.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 196.3 MW
EIA-reported operating capacity; nameplate, seasonal, AC/DC, and unit ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 65947
Tres Bahias Solar Power, LLC · Calhoun County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Tres Bahias is operating.
- Grid connection
- Tres Bahias
138 kV · AEP Texas Inc.
- Resource stack
- 1 resource
TREB_SLR_SOLAR1
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale solar generation in ERCOT's energy-only market.
- Grid connection
- Tres Bahias · 138 kV · AEP Texas Inc.
- Context
- Tres Bahias is described in a legal/press filing as the largest operating solar project in Calhoun County, Texas.
- Physical build
- Utility-scale solar photovoltaic plant (Tres Bahias) in Calhoun County, Texas. Developer / owner / operator: Swift Current Energy. Swift Current reports project capacity as 260 MWdc / 195 MWac; ERCOT/EIA listings and interconnection records report the site at ~196.3 MW nameplate and show the unit came online in 2024. First Solar is reported as the module supplier and Array Technologies supplied the single-axis trackers.
- Financing
- Swift Current Energy closed project financing for the Tres Bahias project in May 2023 (public notice of financing close).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 196.3 MW
Solar Photovoltaic
- Operating status
- operating
Tres Bahias is operating.
- Interconnection
- Tres Bahias
138 kV · AEP Texas Inc.
- Location
- Calhoun County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Tres Bahias Solar Power, LLC
- Asset role
- solar
ERCOT · Calhoun County
- Owner
- Swift Current Energy
Swift Current Energy is consistently identified as the owner of the Tres Bahias project across multiple sources.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | 196.3 MW 196.3 MW summer | Solar Photovoltaic Solar · PV | May 2024 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 196.3 MW
- National rank
- #201
- TX rank
- #81
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 · 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.
Financing
Transactions and agreements
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.
Relationship graph
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Owner / operator | Owner / developer associated with Tres Bahias. | |
| Operator | Tres Bahias Solar Power, LLC | Operator associated with Tres Bahias. |
| Market resources | TREB_SLR_SOLAR1 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-65947 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/tres-bahias. |
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
- Project Financing ClosedSource
Swift Current Energy closed project financing for Tres Bahias (public notice of financing close reported May 2023).
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator TB 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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