Panther Creek Wind Farm I

OperatingWindGEM: retired

Ranked #179 of 249 Wind plants in TX#558 of 1442 nationally

142.5 MW Wind operating in Howard, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAGEMWD

142.5 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2008

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.0456, -101.4284

County

Howard, TX

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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	Big Sky Wind, LLC	RWE Renewables	—
Owner(s)	Big Sky Wind, LLC	RWE Renewables [100%]	—
Status	Operating	retired	—

Ownership Chain

GEM identifies the owner as RWE Renewables [100%]

This entity is not yet in the GEM ownership database — chain unavailable.

About

Panther Creek Wind Farm I is a 142.5 MW wind power plant located in Howard County, Texas. The facility began operating in 2008 and utilizes a single generator comprised of multiple onshore wind turbines. The wind turbines have a hub height of 80 meters and a rotor diameter of 91 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind, model GE1.62-91. Big Sky Wind, LLC is listed as the operator per EIA data.

The plant's latest annual generation was 528,849 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 42.3%. Panther Creek Wind Farm I operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) balancing authority and the TRE NERC region. Available financial data indicates a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $65.2 per MWh. The plant is ranked 175th out of 200 wind plants in Texas and 552nd out of 734 wind plants nationally.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

EIA Plant Profile Wikidata Global Energy Monitor

Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

TRE

Balancing Authority

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

Grid Voltage

345 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Independent Power Producer

Sector

IPP Non-CHP

Generation

42.3K MWh

Latest Month

528.8K MWh

Annual Generation

42.3%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial DataBeta

Source: FERC Electric Quarterly ReportsHIGH

$65.2/MWh

PPA Price

Big Sky Wind, LLC

Contract Seller

Per-Unit Cost Trends

Pricing & Market Data

HIGH confidence

Point of Interconnection

Nearest Substation

Panther Creek Wind 1 Substation · 345 kV

Substation Distance

< 10 km

Operator

E.ON

Coord Source

OSM spatial

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

ERCOT

LMP Node

PC_NORTH_1

Pricing Hub

HB_WEST

Secondary Zone

LZ_WEST

Location Type

Resource Node

Node Source

EIA-860 direct report

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