OCOTILLO WINDPOWER

Operating

Wind power plant

Capacity: 59 MW
Primary fuel: Wind
County: Howard County
Operator: DUKE ENERGY DEGS OCOTILLO
Status: Operating
Commissioned: 2008
EIA plant ID: 56959
Generators: 1
Technology: Onshore Wind Turbine
Net generation (2024): 80.9 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate): 16%
Data vintage: EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates: 32.1043, -101.4522

OCOTILLO WINDPOWER, a 59 MW Wind power plant in Howard County, Texas. Operated by DUKE ENERGY DEGS OCOTILLO, commissioned 2008.

How OCOTILLO WINDPOWER compares

With 59 MW of capacity, OCOTILLO WINDPOWER ranks 212th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 72nd of the 94 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of Texas's operating Wind capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 363rd-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2008, it is newer than 68% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Howard County with 5 other operating plants, including C R WING COGEN PLANT and EC&R PANTHER CREEK WIND FARM I.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 59 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 80.9 GWh in 2024 (a 16% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY CO., about 0.2 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,035 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is C R WING COGEN PLANT (230 MW, Natural Gas).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology

Weather peril exposure

OCOTILLO WINDPOWER is a 59 MW wind power plant in Howard County, TX, operated by DUKE ENERGY DEGS OCOTILLO, commissioned in 2008. Howard County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.6 of 5 at the 89th national percentile. Hail is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 91st percentile.

The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.

4.6 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure

CriticalExposure band

HailLeading peril

Relatively LowFEMA county risk rating

Howard County hazard ratings

Peril	FEMA rating	National percentile	Peril score	Events per year
Hail	Relatively High	91st	4.7 of 5	4.6
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	80th	4.2 of 5	<0.01
Heat wave	Relatively Low	66th	3.7 of 5	6.0
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	53rd	3.1 of 5	1.9
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	53rd	3.1 of 5	6.2
Lightning	Relatively Low	47th	2.9 of 5	47.9
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	39th	2.6 of 5	0.50
Hurricane	Very Low	28th	2.1 of 5	<0.01
Ice storm	Very Low	23rd	1.9 of 5	0.15
Earthquake	Very Low	11th	1.4 of 5	<0.01
Riverine flooding	Relatively Low	5th	1.2 of 5	2.3

Perils not assessed in Howard County

These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.

Peril	Why it is not scored
Coastal flooding	FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county

Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Howard County in the weather risk calculator

Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.

Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.