Orion I Solar Project
Solar power plant · Milam County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in Texas
#334
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2024
August 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Ben Milam Solar 1 LLC
- County
- Milam County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #81 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 66859
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORN1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 200 MW | 200 MW | 2024 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Morrow Lake Solar | Solar | 200 MW |
| Oak Hill - Dry Creek | Solar | 200 MW |
| Paleo | Battery storage | 200 MW |
| Post Oak Wind LLC | Wind | 200 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 200 MW solar plant and a 200 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates