North of FM 225 and west of Lake Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas (EIA-860M site point)Parliament Energy
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EIA-860M (via InfraSure[2][3] plant 65853) lists April 2027 for the plant; the Daily Sentinel[1][5][6] (13 Feb 2026) gives June 2027 for Banita Creek per the ERCOT queue. No battery date is stated by the developer, and Parliament says the battery is being removed.EIA-860M lists a 302.9 MW battery with the 609 MW Banita Creek-Spindlepop solar plant near Lake Nacogdoches, Texas, but new owner Parliament Energy said in February 2026 that Banita Creek is being designed solar-only and Middlebrook is dropped; no cost has been published.