White Mesa Wind
White Mesa Wind, LLC · Crockett County · ERCOT
White Mesa Wind is a 500.6 MW wind facility in Crockett County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports one aggregated operating generator record dated October 2021. Apex developed the project and announced its sale to an unnamed buyer in August 2020. NextEra's September 2025 generation portfolio lists White Mesa at 500.6 MW with a 50% ownership interest. A contractor page conflicts internally on whether the project has 180 or 163 turbines, so no turbine count is published here.
Overview
Key fields
- Operating capacity
- 500.6 MW
EIA May 2026
- NextEra interest
- 50%
September 2025 portfolio
- Commercial operation
- October 2021
EIA
- Current settlement point
- WHMESA_U1
ERCOT public mapping
- Registry anchor
- Plant 64710
White Mesa Wind, LLC
Resource stack
- 5 resources
WHMESA_UNIT1 · WHMESA_UNIT2_23
Profile
- Grid role
- Utility-scale wind generation in ERCOT.
- Capacity scope
- EIA and NextEra both report 500.6 MW; EIA represents the plant as one aggregated generator record.
- Ownership record
- NextEra's September 2025 portfolio reports a 50% interest; the other investor is not named in the reviewed first-party sources.
- Equipment disclosure
- The reviewed contractor page gives conflicting turbine counts, so the public profile does not choose one.
Structured profile
- Operating capacity
- 500.6 MW
EIA May 2026
- Commercial operation
- October 2021
EIA May 2026
- NextEra interest
- 50%
NextEra September 2025 portfolio
- Developer
- Apex Clean Energy
Apex
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM001 | 500.6 MW 500.6 MW summer | Onshore Wind Turbine Wind · WT | Oct 2021 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 500.6 MW
- National rank
- #15
- TX rank
- #5
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
5 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio owner / operator | Financing covers a portfolio that includes White Mesa Wind. | |
| Developer | Developer for White Mesa Wind | |
| Market resources | WHMESA_UNIT1, WHMESA_UNIT2_23, WHMESA_UNIT2_28, WHMESA_UNIT3_23, WHMESA_UNIT3_28 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-64710 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/white-mesa-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
- Apex announced project saleApex White ...
Apex sold the 500 MW project to an unnamed buyer; consideration was not disclosed.
- Generator Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports October 2021 for the operating generator record.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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