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Avangrid in the Southern U.S.
Avangrid in the Southern U.S.
Avangrid in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
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Avangrid history in Texas and New Mexico dates back to 2009 when it built Barton Chapel, the company’s first wind farm in Texas. There are 8 Avangrid wind energy projects spread across both states, with a combined capacity of 1.9 GW of clean energy. Avangrid has more than 1.2 GW of capacity in Texas alone, making it the second largest state in Avangrid’s portfolio by capacity. These projects serve utilities and commercial & industrial customers across the region, supporting their clean energy goals.
Avangrid contributed to a number of notable firsts in the region. For example, Avangrid’s Peñascal I wind energy project, built in 2010, was the first wind farm on the Texas gulf coast. Similarly, New Mexico’s El Cabo wind farm was the largest wind energy project in the state when it came online in 2017.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has corporate offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, and operations across 25 states with approximately $50 billion in assets. Avangrid owns and operates seven electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. It also owns and operates nearly 100 energy generation facilities across the United States with a capacity of more than 11 Gigawatts, enough to power over 3 million homes. Avangrid employs approximately 8,500 people and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2026 for the eighth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the Iberdrola Group. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
