Bronco Plains Wind, LLC

OperatingWind

Ranked #5 of 35 Wind plants in CO#102 of 1442 nationally

300 MW Wind operating in Kit Carson, CO — Public Service Company of Colorado

EIAGEMWD

300 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

unit

Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology

2020

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

36.9435, -97.6724

County

Kit Carson, CO

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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	Bronco Plains Wind, LLC	NextEra Energy Inc [100%]	—
Owner(s)	Bronco Plains Wind, LLC	NextEra Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

Bronco Plains Wind, LLC is a 300 MW wind power plant located in Kit Carson County, Colorado. The plant began operating in 2020 and is owned and operated by Bronco Plains Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy. It consists of a single generator utilizing onshore wind turbine technology. The plant is interconnected to the Public Service Company of Colorado balancing authority within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) NERC region. Bronco Plains Wind is the 5th largest wind plant in Colorado out of 21, and ranks 93rd nationally out of 734 wind plants.

The plant's wind turbines have a hub height of 89 meters and a rotor diameter of 127 meters. The turbines were manufactured by GE Wind and are model GE2.82-127. In its most recent year of operation, the plant generated 1,087,885 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 41.4%. Financial data indicates that the plant has a power purchase agreement (PPA) price of $11.29 per MWh, as reported to FERC.

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Engineering & Generators