Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tolk | Southwestern Public Service Co | Muleshoe, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.0 TWh | Dec 1981 | Aug 2024 | Subbituminous Coal : 86.8% Natural Gas : 13.2% |
| Houston Chemical Complex Battleground | Oxy Vinyls LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Apr 1982 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 98.9% Other Gas : 1.1% |
| Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen | Orion Engineered Carbons | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 40.5 GWh | Sep 1982 | Dec 2023 | Other Gas : 99.5% |
| Amistad Dam & Power | International Bound & Wtr Comm | Del Rio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 87.6 GWh | May 1983 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Snider Industries | Snider Industries Inc | Marshall, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 11.5 GWh | Jul 1983 | Dec 2023 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West | Valero Refining Co | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 99.4 GWh | Aug 1983 | Aug 2024 | Petroleum Coke : 41.7% Other Gas : 40.6% Natural Gas : 17.7% |
| Seadrift Coke LP | Seadrift Coke L P | Port Lavaca, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 18.7 GWh | Oct 1983 | Jun 2024 | Petroleum Coke : 71.2% Other Gas : 26.3% Natural Gas : 2.5% |
| Newgulf Cogen | Wharton County Generation LLC | NewGulf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 32.9 GWh | Mar 1984 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Enterprise Products Operating | Enterprise Products Optg LP | Mont Belvieu, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 147.1 GWh | Aug 1984 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Bayou Cogen Plant | Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Nov 1984 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 88.6% Other Gas : 11.4% |
| Pirkey | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Hallsville, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.4 TWh | Dec 1984 | Mar 2023 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Borger Plant | Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 45.6 GWh | Jan 1985 | Dec 2023 | Blast Furnace Gas : 77.0% Natural Gas : 23.0% |
| Power Island | INEOS USA LLC | Alvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 879.4 GWh | Oct 1985 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC | Odyssey Operating Services | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.5 TWh | Oct 1985 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Limestone | NRG Texas Power LLC | Jewett, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.1 TWh | Nov 1985 | Aug 2024 | Subbituminous Coal : 98.9% Natural Gas : 1.1% |
| Rice University | Rice University | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 18.6 GWh | Dec 1985 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Power Station 4 | South Houston Green Power LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 629.1 GWh | Aug 1986 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Phelps Dodge Refining | Phelps Dodge Refining Corp | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 62.5 GWh | Sep 1986 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Formosa Utility Venture Ltd | Formosa Plastics Corp | Point Comfort, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.7 TWh | Feb 1987 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 98.9% Other Gas : 1.1% |
| Goodyear Beaumont Chemical Plant | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co | Beaumont, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 277.9 GWh | Feb 1987 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 98.8% Waste/Other Oil : 1.2% |
| Victoria Texas Plant | Invista | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 411.2 GWh | Mar 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Texas City Power Plant | Texas City Cogeneration LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.1 TWh | Apr 1987 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Signal Hill Generating LLC | Signal Hill Generating LLC | Wichita Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.1 GWh | May 1987 | Nov 2023 | Natural Gas |
| C R Wing Cogen Plant | BHER Power Resources, Inc | Big Spring, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 99.6 GWh | Jun 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Westhollow Technology Center | Shell Chemical LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 21.8 GWh | Dec 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Wasson CO2 Removal Plant | Occidental Permian Ltd | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 137.2 GWh | Jan 1988 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Refinery | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 272.8 GWh | Apr 1988 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Morgan Creek | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Colorado City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 73.6 GWh | Jun 1988 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil : 71.0% Natural Gas : 29.0% |
| South Texas Project | STP Nuclear Operating Co | Wadsworth, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 20.2 TWh | Jul 1988 | Aug 2024 | Nuclear |
| Port Arthur Texas Refinery | Total Petrochemicals USA Inc | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 234.8 GWh | Jul 1988 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Canyon | Guadalupe Blanco River Authority | Canyon Lake, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.0 MWh | Dec 1988 | Dec 2022 | Water |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine | Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co. | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Jan 1989 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Ticona Polymers Inc | Ticona Polymers Inc | Bishop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 254.1 GWh | Mar 1989 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Christi | Equistar Chemicals LP | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 72.9 GWh | Apr 1989 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Paris Energy Center | Paris Generation LP | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 858.7 GWh | Jun 1989 | Nov 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Robert D Willis | USACE-Fort Worth District | Jasper, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.4 GWh | Nov 1989 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| DeCordova Steam Electric Station | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Granbury, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 95.5 GWh | Feb 1990 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 98.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.9% |
| Brandon Station | City of Lubbock - (TX) | Lubbock, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 21.7 GWh | Jun 1990 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Comanche Peak | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Glen Rose, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 19.7 TWh | Jul 1990 | Aug 2024 | Nuclear |
| Major Oak Power | Major Oak Power, LLC | Bremond, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | Aug 1990 | Aug 2024 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| JCO Oxides Olefins Plant | Indorama Ventures | Port Neeches, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 531.3 GWh | Aug 1992 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| J K Spruce | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.1 TWh | Nov 1992 | Aug 2024 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc. | Ascend Performance Materials | Alvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 192.9 GWh | May 1993 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility | Ft Worth City of | Arlington, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 34.2 GWh | Mar 1994 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Oyster Creek Unit VIII | Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Sep 1994 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| San Jacinto Steam Electric Station | NRG Texas Power LLC | La Porte, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 716.0 GWh | Mar 1995 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Texas City Plant Union Carbide | Union Carbide Corp-Texas City | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 42.2 GWh | Jan 1996 | Aug 2024 | Purchased Steam |
| Johnson County | Johnson County Power LLC | Cleburne, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.1 TWh | Aug 1996 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Sweeny Cogen Facility | Sweeny Cogeneration LLC | Old Ocean, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Jul 1997 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 73.1% Other Gas : 26.9% |
| State Farm Insur Support Center Central | State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co | Irving, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.0 MWh | Dec 1997 | Aug 2024 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Pasadena Cogeneration | Pasadena Cogeneration LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.1 TWh | May 1998 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Big Spring Wind Power Facility | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind | Big Spring, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 62.5 GWh | Nov 1998 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| BASF Freeport Works | BASF Corporation | Feeeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 588.6 GWh | Apr 1999 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Black Hawk Station | Borger Energy Associates LP | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.4 TWh | May 1999 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 86.9% Other Gas : 13.1% |
| Mustang Station | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.1 TWh | May 1999 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Frontera Energy Center | Frontera Generation Limited Partnership | Mission, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | May 1999 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Ingleside Cogeneration | Ingleside Cogeneration LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Jun 1999 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 98.5% Other Gas : 1.5% |
| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd | Shiro, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.0 TWh | Apr 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Midlothian Energy LLC | Midlothian, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.0 TWh | Apr 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Lamar Power Project | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.7 TWh | Apr 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Arthur Von Rosenberg | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | May 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.1 TWh | May 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant | EnLink Midstream Services, LLC | Bridgeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 49.6 GWh | Jun 2000 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Gregory Power Plant | Gregory Power Partners LLC | Gregory, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 833.6 GWh | Jun 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Bosque County Peaking | Calpine Bosque Energy Center LLC | Laquna Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.3 TWh | Jun 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Guadalupe Generating Station | Guadalupe Power Partners LP | Marion, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.1 TWh | Sep 2000 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Air Products Port Arthur | Air Products LLC | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 1.2 TWh | Oct 2000 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 93.5% Other Gas : 6.5% |
| Eastman Cogeneration Facility | Eastman Cogeneration LP | Longview, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.7 TWh | Mar 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | Bastrop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.3 TWh | Apr 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm | NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 197.8 GWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Sand Hill | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.1 TWh | May 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| King Mountain Wind Ranch 1 | FPL Energy Upton Wind LP | McCamey, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 561.3 GWh | May 2001 | Aug 2024 | Wind |
| Trent Wind Farm | Trent Wind Farm LLC | Trent, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 535.5 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Hardin County Peaking Facility | Entergy Texas Inc. | Kountze, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 128.1 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| San Jacinto County Peaking Facility | East Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Shepherd, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 115.1 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Woodward Mountain I | Pecos Wind I LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 175.7 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Woodward Mountain II | Pecos Wind II LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 168.8 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Exelon LaPorte Generating Station | LaPorte Power, LLC | LaPorte, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 189.8 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| NAFTA Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac | BASF Corp | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 582.0 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Channel Energy Center LLC | Channel Energy Center LLC | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.9 TWh | Jun 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas : 91.0% Other Gas : 9.0% |
| Tenaska Gateway Generating Station | Tenaska Gateway Partners Ltd | Mt. Enterprise, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Jun 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Odessa-Ector Power Plant | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Odessa, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.3 TWh | Jun 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Channelview Cogeneration Plant | EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.5 TWh | Jul 2001 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Llano Estacado Wind Ranch | Llano Estacado Wind Ranch | White Deer, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 101.6 GWh | Nov 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Desert Sky | Desert Sky Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 462.3 GWh | Dec 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.4 TWh | Jan 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Hays Energy Project | Hays Energy, LLC | San Marcos, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.2 TWh | Mar 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Rio Nogales Power Project | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Seguin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.0 TWh | Apr 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Ennis Power Company LLC | Ennis Power Company LLC | Ennis, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.4 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Quail Run Energy Center | CER Quail Run Energy Partners LP | Odessa, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Colorado Bend Energy Center | CER Colorado Bend Energy Partners LP | Wharton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.6 TWh | Apr 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop Energy Partners, LP | Cedar Creek, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.8 TWh | Apr 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Baytown Energy Center | Baytown Energy Center LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.1 TWh | May 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Freestone Energy Center | Freestone Power Generation LLC | Fairfield, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.2 TWh | May 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Christi Energy Center | Corpus Christi Cogeneration LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Sep 2002 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Forney Energy Center | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Forney, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 9.9 TWh | Jan 2003 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Security | TX LFG Energy, LP | Cleveland, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 15.2 GWh | Feb 2003 | Dec 2023 | Landfill Gas |
| Jack Fusco Energy Center | Brazos Valley Energy | Thompsons, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.2 TWh | Apr 2003 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.7 TWh | May 2003 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Harrison County Power Project | Northeast Texas Elec Coop, Inc | Marshall, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.2 TWh | May 2003 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |