Big Watt Power Austin-1 (29INR0167)
Big Watt Power Austin-1 is a 449.0 MW gas interconnection project in Caldwell, Texas with a current status of operational. It is proposed to connect at Tapping the 345 kV Double circuit Line: Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Lytton Springs (Bus# 9074) and Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Austrop (Bus# 7040)..
Project facts
| Canonical name | Big Watt Power Austin-1 |
|---|---|
| Queue ID | 29INR0167 |
| Status | operational |
| Source status | SS Completed, FIS Started, No IA |
| Market | Caldwell |
| Technology | Gas |
| Capacity | 449.0 MW |
| State | Texas |
| County | Caldwell |
| Point of interconnection | Tapping the 345 kV Double circuit Line: Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Lytton Springs (Bus# 9074) and Zorn (Bus# 7042) - Austrop (Bus# 7040). |
| Requested (queue) date | 2025-10-03 |
| Proposed in-service date | — |
| Operational date | 2028-11-01 |
| Withdrawn date | — |
| Developer | Big Watt Power Austin-1 LLC |
| Utility / transmission owner | ERCOT |
Cross-source records
This project is also observed in: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Queued Up interconnection dataset. interXdata links these source records without double-counting the project.
What changed
| Observed | Field | Old value | New value | Materiality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | new_project | — | operational | high |
Explore related data
Provenance: ERCOT — Generation Interconnection Status (GIS) report. Values are normalized from public source records into the interXdata canonical warehouse; see each source for original filings.
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