APPLICATION OF BMP WIND LLC FOR A POWER GENERATION COMPANY REGISTRATION

Public Utility Commission of Texas

… III. DESCRIPTION OF BMP WIND, ITS FACILITIES, AND ITS ACTIVITIES
BMP Wind is a Delaware limited liability company that will own and operate an
approximately 345 MW wind-powered generating facility which will be located in Baird, Texas
in the ERCOT region (the “Facility”). The Facility will interconnect to facilities owned by Lone
Star Transmission, LLC (“Lone Star”) via an approximately seven-mile long, 345 kV generator
interconnection line. The Facility is currently projected to commence operations in August 2021

BMP Wind is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mesquite Sky Holding LLC
(“Holding”). Holding has Class A membership interests which are passive and non-controlling
interests that are held by Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC and Class B membership interests
which are held by Clearway Renew LLC (“Renew”). Renew is a direct, wholly-owned
subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group LLC.4
BMP Wind will sell electric energy produced by the Facility exclusively at wholesale.
BMP Wind will or may also engage in one or more of the following incidental activities that the
Commission has found to be permissible EWG activities: …

Overhaul of ERCOT board could replace experts with political appointees

by Mitchell Ferman

State lawmakers are now trying to change the way ERCOT is governed by requiring members to live in Texas and giving more board seats to political appointees — changes that experts say may do little to improve the power grid.

During February’s deadly winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott and many state lawmakers quickly criticized the Electric Reliability Council of Texas because several members of its large governing board reside outside Texas.

Many of the out-of-state board members are experts in the electricity field, but resigned following criticism of the agency’s oversight of the state’s main power grid during the …