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EIA plant 59943

Garden City · Glasscock · TX

Rattlesnake Den

Operated by SunEdison LLC

Annual generation735,846 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWNDCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextElectric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

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31.743250, -101.493407

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyOnshore Wind Turbine207.2 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

159,924
250,740
368,225
480,981
566,108
668,187
750,478
852,219
940,388
1073,598
1168,605
1256,393

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
159,924
250,740
368,225
480,981
566,108
668,187
750,478
852,219
940,388
1073,598
1168,605
1256,393

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
159,924 MWh
250,740 MWh
368,225 MWh
480,981 MWh
566,108 MWh
668,187 MWh
750,478 MWh
852,219 MWh
940,388 MWh
1073,598 MWh
1168,605 MWh
1256,393 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Onshore Wind TurbineWND207.2OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
59943
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 4 has the highest recorded value (80,981 MWh) and 9 the lowest (40,388 MWh). Their difference is 40,593 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Onshore Wind Turbine207.2207.2207.20.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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