Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm — 77.8 MW (SWEPCO share of 470 MW project), Barber/Harper/Kingman/Sumner Counties KS
FERC Form 1 FY2024 Schedule 326 row 8: 'Flat Ridge Wind Farm (3)' — Footnote (3)=Cogeneration tag. Reported 349,833 MWh purchased / $10,933,523 total settlement → $31.25/MWh implied. SWEPCO took 77.8 MW share (per company-confirmed) of the larger 470 MW Flat Ridge 2 facility jointly developed by BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power. Executed January 25, 2012 (PRNewswire) as part of 359 MW renewable settlement commitment, 20-year base term, COD late 2012. The 2024 Form 1 figure is FY2024 throughput (high capacity factor ~51% suggests 100% MWh of SWEPCO contracted slice was delivered). Disclosed PPA strike price reported in primary source. Discovered via DealFlow research sweep (agent: ercot-ferc-form1).
Deal Value
77.8MW
Capacity
Wind
Technology
KS
Location
Deal Details
- Deal Type
- Corporate PPA
- Seller / Sponsor
- BP Wind Energy / Sempra U.S. Gas & Power 50:50 JV (project SPV: Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC)
- Buyer / Financier
- SWEPCO
- Offtaker
- SWEPCO
- Stage
- Operating
- ISO/RTO
- SPP
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