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Lower Colorado River Authority
Lower Colorado River Authority is linked to 13 assets and rights in the United States: it holds 8 grid connections, owns 5 power plants (2,046 MW net) and operates 4 power plants. It is also the grid operator for 22 other power plants, with 9,384 MW of capacity connected.
Portfolio
The 13 assets and rights Lower Colorado River Authority owns, operates or holds, by class, with its role in each, across its 4 records. Sizes are the whole asset's; net figures are its recorded share of each, added up over the assets with a share.
- Grid connections8
- Power plants5 · 2,046 MW net (4 with a share)
Grid connections 8
| Grid connection | Location | Role | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Pines Power Park grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0052) | Bastrop County, Texas, United States | Holder | 880 MW |
| Schneider Combined Cycle grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0054) | Caldwell County, Texas, United States | Holder | 880 MW |
| Sim Gideon Combined Cycle grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0051) | Bastrop County, Texas, United States | Holder | 880 MW |
| SIM Gideon Gas Rice grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0011) | Bastrop County, Texas, United States | Holder | 226 MW |
| Lost Pines Gas Recip grid connection (ERCOT 29INR0166) | Bastrop County, Texas, United States | Holder | 113 MW |
| Lost Pines Gas Recip Phase 2 grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0010) | Bastrop County, Texas, United States | Holder | 113 MW |
| Schneider Gas Rice grid connection (ERCOT 29INR0176) | Caldwell County, Texas, United States | Holder | 113 MW |
| Schneider Gas Rice Phase 2 grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0013) | Caldwell County, Texas, United States | Holder | 113 MW |
Power plants 5 · 2,046 MW net (4 with a share)
| Power plant | Location | Role | Capacity, whole asset | Net of its share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Power Project | Texas, United States | Grid operator, Operator, Owner 63.6% | 1,690 MW | 1,075 MW |
| Sandy Creek Energy Station | Texas, United States | Owner 11.1% | 1,008 MW | 112 MW |
| Sim Gideon | Texas, United States | Grid operator, Operator, Owner | 623 MW | — |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | Texas, United States | Operator, Owner 50% | 609 MW | 305 MW |
| Thomas C Ferguson | Texas, United States | Grid operator, Operator, Owner 96.5% | 575 MW | 554 MW |
On its grid
The 22 assets connected to the grid of Lower Colorado River Authority. It is their grid operator, not their owner.
- Power plants22 · 9,384 MW connected
Power plants 22 · 9,384 MW connected
| Power plant | Location | Role | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Nogales Power Project | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 1,108 MW |
| Guadalupe Generating Station | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 1,088 MW |
| Hays Energy Project | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 989 MW |
| Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 663 MW |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 619 MW |
| High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Hybrid | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 563 MW |
| Aviator Wind | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 525 MW |
| White Mesa Wind | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 501 MW |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 492 MW |
| Lucy Solar | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 351 MW |
| Concho Pearl Solar and Storage | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 334 MW |
| Big Sampson Wind | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 265 MW |
| Despain Solar | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 236 MW |
| Cairos Solar and Storage | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 231 MW |
| Coke BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 220 MW |
| Staccato BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 201 MW |
| Mendoza Trail BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 200 MW |
| Prost ESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 200 MW |
| Water Valley Wind Energy | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 180 MW |
| Chimney Rock BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 156 MW |
| Summerhill BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 143 MW |
| Backbone Creek BESS | Texas, United States | Grid operator | 121 MW |
By country
Where the assets and rights are.
- The United States35 in 2 classes
Latest events
Dated events about Lower Colorado River Authority and its assets from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Entered the connection queue: Schneider Combined Cycle grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0054) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: SIM Gideon Gas Rice grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0011) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Schneider Gas Rice Phase 2 grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0013) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Schneider Gas Rice grid connection (ERCOT 29INR0176) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Lost Pines Gas Recip grid connection (ERCOT 29INR0166) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Lost Pines Gas Recip Phase 2 grid connection (ERCOT 31INR0010) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Sim Gideon Combined Cycle grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0051) (the day the screening study started)
- Entered the connection queue: Lost Pines Power Park grid connection (ERCOT 30INR0052) (the day the screening study started)
Group
Parent company
Lower Colorado River Authority reports no parent company: no known owner (GLEIF LEI).
Partners and counterparties
Owners, operators and grid operators on the same assets.
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.8 shared
- RIC Development, LLC3 shared
- Austin Energy2 shared
- Algonquin Power Co1 shared
- Aviator Wind, LLC1 shared
- Backbone BESS LLC1 shared
- Bastrop Energy Partners, LP1 shared
- Big Sampson Wind Project, LLC1 shared
- Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC1 shared
- City of San Antonio - (TX)1 shared
- City of San Marcos - (TX)1 shared
- Concho County Solar 1 LLC1 shared
Facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | United States | GLEIF LEI · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| LEI | 549300QJFPW2NNBYR215 | GLEIF LEI · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Also known as | LCRA | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Also recorded as
Sources name Lower Colorado River Authority under 4 records; this page joins them. Links to any of them lead here.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source |
|---|---|---|
| LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY | party:lei:549300QJFPW2NNBYR215 | GLEIF LEI |
| Lower Colorado River Authority | party:wikidata:Q16155608 | Wikidata |
| Lower Colorado River Authority | party:eia-utility:11269 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 |
| LCRA | party:name:lcra | ERCOT GIS report |
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- GLEIF LEI. GLEIF LEI, CC0 1.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.