Hale Community Wind FarmRetirement planned
Hale County, Texas · EIA plant ID 59247 · Operator: Southwestern Public Service Co
Nameplate478MWSummer 478 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation2,064GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor49%wind units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2019Retirement planned Dec 2044
The 12-month figures include preliminary EIA-923 months, which EIA revises. Final data runs through Dec 2025.
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), wind units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 909 | 37.0% | — |
| 2020 | 2,083.7 | 49.6% | — |
| 2021 | 2,056.9 | 49.1% | — |
| 2022 | 2,036.8 | 48.6% | — |
| 2023 | 1,978.4 | 47.3% | — |
| 2024 | 2,106.3 | 187.3% | — |
| 2025 | 1,936.5 | 46.3% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALE1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | WT | 478 | 478 | Jun 2019 | Operating · retirement planned | Dec 2044 | vestas V110-2.0 |
Owner / operator
Operator: Southwestern Public Service Co. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Southwestern Public Service Co | 100.0% | 478 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Paleo | 200 MW | 6.9 km |
| Antelope Station | 167 MW | 11.7 km |
| Elk Station | 599 MW | 11.7 km |
| Lorenzo Energy Storage | — | 31.1 km |
| Pleasant Hill Wind Energy Project | 20 MW | 31.7 km |
| Lorenzo Wind | 80 MW | 32.4 km |