White Creek Wind Farm

OperatingWind

Ranked #6 of 24 Wind plants in WA#259 of 1442 nationally

204 MW Wind operating in Klickitat, WA — Bonneville Power Administration

EIAGEMWD

204 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2007

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

45.8155, -120.3419

County

Klickitat, WA

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	White Creek Wind 1 LLC	NAES	—
Owner(s)	White Creek Wind 1 LLC	Summit Power	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The White Creek Wind Farm is an electricity generating wind farm facility in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. It is owned by Last Mile Electric Cooperative and began operations in 2007. The facility has a generating capacity of 205 megawatts.

Read more on Wikipedia

White Creek Wind Farm is a 204 MW wind power facility located in Klickitat County, Washington. The plant began operating in 2007 and is owned by Summit Power, a company based in Bangladesh. The operator reported to the EIA is White Creek Wind 1 LLC. The facility utilizes a single generator comprised of multiple Siemens SWT-2.3-93 onshore wind turbines. These turbines have a rotor diameter of 93 meters and a hub height of 80 meters.

In the most recent year of reported data, White Creek Wind Farm generated 563,726 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 31.5%. The plant is interconnected to the grid within the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. White Creek Wind Farm is ranked as the 6th largest wind farm out of 17 in Washington state, and 254th out of 734 nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

WECC

Balancing Authority

Bonneville Power Administration

Grid Voltage

230 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Interconnection Queue1 projectBeta

White Creek Wind I

OperationalWind200 MWWest

Generation

29.3K MWh

Latest Month

563.7K MWh

Annual Generation

31.5%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.

News & Articles (10)Beta

Hazards·flooding

Live updates: Tens of thousands still without power in Western Washington with more wind ahead

Flood waters are receding Thursday, but a flood watch remains in effect for several Western Washington counties. Meanwhile, farmers continue to assess...

Western Washington (other)

KUOW·3 months ago