POST WIND FARM LP
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 84 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Borden County
- Operator
- FPL ENERGY RED CANYON LLC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2006
- EIA plant ID
- 56457
- Generators
- 1
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 315 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 43%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 33.1667, -101.5000
POST WIND FARM LP, an 84 MW Wind power plant in Borden County, Texas. Operated by FPL ENERGY RED CANYON LLC, commissioned 2006.
How POST WIND FARM LP compares
With 84 MW of capacity, POST WIND FARM LP ranks 189th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 59th of the 94 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of Texas's operating Wind capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 293rd-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2006, it is newer than 62% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Borden County with 2 other operating plants, BULL CREEK WIND and STEPHENS RANCH WIND ENERGY LLC.
EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 84 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 315 GWh in 2024 (a 43% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by LYNTEGAR ELECTRIC COOP, INC, about 1.0 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 241 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BULL CREEK WIND (180 MW, Wind).
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
POST WIND FARM LP is an 84 MW wind power plant in Borden County, TX, operated by FPL ENERGY RED CANYON LLC, commissioned in 2006. Borden County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.7 of 5 at the 93rd national percentile. Hail is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 94th 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.
Borden County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | Relatively Low | 94th | 4.8 of 5 | 5.0 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 92nd | 4.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Strong wind | Very Low | 86th | 4.4 of 5 | 2.1 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 70th | 3.8 of 5 | 5.7 |
| Lightning | Very Low | 69th | 3.8 of 5 | 48.1 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 62nd | 3.5 of 5 | 6.6 |
| Tornado | Very Low | 54th | 3.2 of 5 | 0.56 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | 0.17 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 28th | 2.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 8th | 1.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 8th | 1.3 of 5 | 0.50 |
Perils not assessed in Borden 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 Borden 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.