120 MW Wind operating in Howard, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
120 MW
Nameplate Capacity
1
Generators
unit
Onshore Wind Turbine
Technology
2016
Operating Since
Coordinates
32.4848, -101.4502
County
Howard, TX
Nearby Plants
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 | Invenergy Services LLC | Invenergy | — |
| Owner(s) | Invenergy Services LLC | Invenergy LLC [100%] | — |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
Gunsight Mountain Wind Energy LLC is a 120 MW wind power plant located in Howard County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2016 and is owned and operated by Invenergy Services LLC. It utilizes a single generator comprised of multiple onshore wind turbines. The facility ranks 190th out of 200 power plants in Texas and 616th out of 734 nationally.
The plant uses GE1.79-100 wind turbines manufactured by GE Wind, with a rotor diameter of 100 meters and a hub height of 80 meters. In its most recent year of operation, Gunsight Mountain Wind Energy generated 460,726 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 43.8%. The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) balancing authority.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
NERC Region
TRE
Balancing Authority
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
Grid Voltage
138 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Independent Power Producer
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Gunsight Mt W
35.2K MWh
Latest Month
460.7K MWh
Annual Generation
43.8%
Capacity Factor
No financial data available for this plant.
Point of Interconnection
Nearest Substation
Big Spring West Substation · 138 kV
Substation Distance
0 km
Operator
Oncor
Coord Source
OSM spatial
Market Position
ISO/RTO Market
ERCOT
LMP Node
GUNMTN_NODE
Pricing Hub
HB_WEST
Secondary Zone
LZ_WEST
Location Type
Resource Node
Node Source
Curated node match
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