Southwest Power Pool files GIA for 301-MW Thunderhead Wind project

January 10, 2017 Barry Cassell Generation

The Southwest Power Pool filed on Jan. 10 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an executed Generator Interconnection Agreement with the Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC affiliate of Invenergy LLC and interconnecting transmission owner Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD).

Thunderhead plans to construct a 300.72-MW wind facility, which will consist of 168 General Electric 1.79-MW wind turbine generators. The point of interconnection for this project will be the 345-kV bus at NPPD’s Holt County 345-kV Substation.

The project’s commercial operation target date is Dec. 1, 2020.

Project contact information is: Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC, One South Wacker, Suite 1800, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-224-1400, interconnection.notices@invenergyllc.com.

About Barry Cassell 20414 Articles
Barry Cassell is Chief Analyst for GenerationHub covering coal and emission controls issues, projects and policy. He has covered the coal and power generation industry for more than 24 years, beginning in November 2011 at GenerationHub and prior to that as editor of SNL Energy’s Coal Report. He was formerly with Coal Outlook for 15 years as the publication’s editor and contributing writer, and prior to that he was editor of Coal & Synfuels Technology and associate editor of The Energy Report. He has a bachelor’s degree from Central Michigan University.
Xing