Grid connection · Hill County, Texas, United States
NRG Prairie Energy Center grid connection (Ercot 29INR0158)
NRG Prairie Energy Center grid connection (Ercot 29INR0158) is a planned grid connection in Hill County, Texas, United States, with 1,253 MW of capacity, held by NRG Prairie Energy Center LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | NRG Prairie Energy Center grid connection (ERCOT 29INR0158) | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Hill County (connects at Tap #1907 Venus Switch – #3389 Fort Smith Switch 345 kV) | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (SS completed, FIS started, no IA) | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | NRG Prairie Energy Center LLC | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,253 MW | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (registered as GAS/CC) | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 2 Apr 2026 | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2030 (proposed) | ERCOT GIS report · ERCOT Terms of Use · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
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NRG Prairie Energy Center grid connection (Ercot 29INR0158) is the 25th-largest of 1,710 grid connections in Texas and the 64th-largest of 3,711 in the United States by capacity; its 1,253 MW is 0.15% of the 833,233 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25th of 1,710 | 438,874 MW | 0.29% |
| United States | 64th of 3,711 | 833,233 MW | 0.15% |
| All grid connections in our data | 143rd of 7,616 | 1,281,251 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Holder, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- California ISO. Checked 2026-10-24. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.