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Borden County, Texas: power grid and siting data

Borden County is in ERCOT's WEST load zone. It has 7 mapped substations, owned mostly by Wind Energy Transmission Texas, Shell and Sharyland; the highest voltage is 345 kV. The ERCOT queue lists 11 generation projects (10 solar and 1 wind) and 6 battery storage projects here.

7substations

345 kVhighest voltage

11generation projects queued

6battery projects queued

$57.31WEST zone, 7-day avg $/MWh

Substations in Borden County

3 at 345 kV, 1 at 230 kV, 3 at 138 kV.

Substation	Voltage	Owner	Lines
Faraday	345 kV	Wind Energy Transmission Texas	4	map
Long Draw	345 kV	Wind Energy Transmission Texas	4	map
Brazos Wind 2	345 kV	Shell	1	map
Borden Co	230 kV	Sharyland	1	map
Willow Valley	138 kV	Oncor	3	map
Red Canyon Wind	138 kV	Nextera Energy	2	map
Bull Creek Wind	138 kV	Eurus Energy	1	map

ERCOT interconnection queue

11 generation projects are queued in Borden County: 10 solar and 1 wind. By stage: 7 with a signed interconnection agreement and 4 in full interconnection study. 6 battery storage projects are queued, 2 with a signed interconnection agreement.

From the ERCOT GIS report. Project names, developers, MW and dates are on Pro.

Planned transmission

18 planned grid projects touch Borden County: 2 new substations, 9 new or rebuilt lines and 7 substation upgrades, 10 at 345 kV or above.

Wholesale power prices

The WEST load zone averaged $57.31/MWh day-ahead over the last 7 days. Nearest generator pricing nodes: JUNO_ALL $56.18, LGDRAW_S_ALL $56.18 and BULLCRK_1_2 $67.03.

ERCOT day-ahead settlement point prices. Hourly history, battery spreads and real-time prices are on the map.

Data centers and large loads

1 announced data center campus in Borden County, 1 at or above ERCOT's 75 MW large load threshold.

SB Energy Proposes $5B Data Center Abatement Agreement Civic IQ 2025-11-12

Jurisdiction

Nearest city to the county center: Ackerly (21.9 mi). Outside city limits and ETJ, development falls under county rules and state law. City limits and estimated ETJ are on the map.

Nearby counties

Scurry County Dawson County Howard County Garza County Lynn County Mitchell County

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Sources: HIFLD and OpenStreetMap substations and lines, ERCOT GIS report (queue, 2026-09), ERCOT day-ahead prices, TxDOT and StratMap boundaries, Barrio Energy research. Updated 2026-11-09. Screening data only; the serving utility confirms capacity.