Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhollow Technology Center | Shell Chemical LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 21.8 GWh | Dec 1987 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Works 4 | Vitro Architectural Glass | Wichita Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 57.0 MWh | May 1974 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility | Ft Worth City of | Arlington, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 24.0 GWh | Mar 1994 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Oyster Creek Unit VIII | Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.2 TWh | Sep 1994 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Johnson County | Johnson County Power LLC | Cleburne, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.1 TWh | Aug 1996 | Dec 2023 | 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 |
| Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.9 TWh | May 2003 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Pasadena Cogeneration | Pasadena Cogeneration LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.9 TWh | May 1998 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Jameson Gas Processing Plant | WTG Jameson, L.P. | Silver, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 12.9 GWh | Dec 1980 | Dec 2023 | 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 |
| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd | Shiro, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.3 TWh | Apr 2000 | Feb 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Gregory Power Plant | Gregory Power Partners LLC | Gregory, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 738.5 GWh | Jun 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Midlothian Energy LLC | Midlothian, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.5 TWh | Apr 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Lamar Power Project | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.9 TWh | Apr 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Frontera Energy Center | Frontera Generation Limited Partnership | Mission, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | May 1999 | Feb 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.9 TWh | Jan 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 372.6 GWh | Jun 2007 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| 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) | 2.1 TWh | Apr 2002 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sweetwater Wind 5 | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Roscoe, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 165.2 GWh | Nov 2007 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Upton County Solar | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | McCamey, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 345.3 GWh | Nov 2017 | Mar 2025 | Solar |
| Forest Creek Wind Farm LLC | RWE Renewables Americas, LLC | Big Springs, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 225.4 GWh | Nov 2006 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Mesquite Wind Power LLC | Mesquite Wind LLC | Abilene, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 355.3 GWh | Oct 2007 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Post Wind Farm LP | FPL Energy Red Canyon LLC | Fluvanna, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 311.7 GWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Sand Bluff Wind Farm | RWE Renewables Americas, LLC | Big Spring, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 313.3 GWh | Dec 2006 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Post Oak Wind LLC | Mesquite Wind LLC | Abilene, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 408.2 GWh | Feb 2008 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Sweetwater Wind 4 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Roscoe, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 636.6 GWh | Apr 2007 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Scurry County Wind LP | Invenergy Services LLC | Snyder, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 233.6 GWh | Apr 2007 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Austin Gas Recovery | WM Renewable Energy LLC | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 37.9 GWh | Sep 2007 | Dec 2023 | Landfill Gas |
| Champion Wind Farm LLC | RWE Renewables Americas, LLC | Roscoe, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 306.8 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Roscoe Wind Farm LLC | RWE Renewables Americas, LLC | Roscoe, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 343.2 GWh | Jan 2008 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Sandy Creek Energy Station | Sandy Creek Energy Associates LP | Riesel, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.3 TWh | Apr 2013 | Feb 2025 | Subbituminous Coal |
| Buffalo Gap 3 Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Nolan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 292.1 GWh | Jul 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Stanton Wind Energy LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Lenorah, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 263.7 GWh | Jan 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| South Trent Wind Farm | NRG Energy Inc | Sweetwater, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 264.8 GWh | Dec 2008 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Pattern Gulf Wind | Pattern Operators LP | Armstrong, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 717.0 GWh | Nov 2008 | Mar 2025 | 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 |
| Green Power 2 | South Houston Green Power LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.9 TWh | Nov 2003 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| Forney Energy Center | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Forney, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 10.0 TWh | Jan 2003 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | May 2000 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| King Mountain Wind Ranch 1 | FPL Energy Upton Wind LP | McCamey, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 486.8 GWh | May 2001 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Nacogdoches Power | Austin Energy | Cushing, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 191.0 GWh | May 2012 | Feb 2025 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| 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 |
| Woodward Mountain II | Pecos Wind II LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 168.8 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Woodward Mountain I | Pecos Wind I LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 175.7 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2023 | 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 |
| Texas City Power Plant | Texas City Cogeneration LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | Apr 1987 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Brazos Wind Farm | Shell Wind Energy Inc. | Fluvanna, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 82.9 GWh | Nov 2003 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Freeport Energy Center | Dow Chemical Co | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.0 TWh | Apr 2007 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sweetwater Wind 1 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Sweetwater, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 137.6 GWh | Nov 2003 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Sweetwater Wind 2 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Sweetwater, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 429.5 GWh | Jan 2005 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| EG178 Facility | Kinder Morgan Production Company LP | Snyder, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 686.9 GWh | May 2005 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Buffalo Gap Wind Farm | AES Distributed Energy | Merkel, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 198.5 GWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Callahan Divide Wind Energy Center | FPL Energy Callahan Wind, LLC | Tusocola, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 394.7 GWh | Feb 2005 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center | FPL Energy Horse Hollow LLC | Wingate, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Nov 2005 | Mar 2025 | Wind |
| Sweetwater Wind 3 LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Sweetwater, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 425.5 GWh | Nov 2005 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
| V H Braunig | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Feb 1966 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Dunlap TP 1 | Guadalupe Blanco River Authority | New Brannfels, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 698.0 MWh | Dec 1926 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Austin | Lower Colorado River Authority | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.7 GWh | Mar 1940 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Buchanan Dam (TX) | Lower Colorado River Authority | Buchanan Dam, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 14.1 GWh | Dec 1937 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Granite Shoals | Lower Colorado River Authority | Marble Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 16.3 GWh | May 1951 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Inks | Lower Colorado River Authority | Buchanan Dam, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.4 GWh | Dec 1937 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Marble Falls | Lower Colorado River Authority | Marble Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 10.2 GWh | Aug 1951 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Marshall Ford | Lower Colorado River Authority | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 25.7 GWh | Dec 1940 | Dec 2023 | Water |
| Sim Gideon | Lower Colorado River Authority | Bastrop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Apr 1965 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Leon Creek | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 223.2 GWh | May 2004 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| O W Sommers | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.9 TWh | Mar 1972 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Ray Olinger | City of Garland - (TX) | Navada, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 117.4 GWh | Jun 1967 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| R W Miller | RW Miller Power LLC | Palo Pinto, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 550.3 GWh | Sep 1968 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Pearsall | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Pearsall, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 395.1 GWh | Apr 1961 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Sam Rayburn | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Nursery, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 314.2 GWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Powerlane Plant | City of Greenville - (TX) | Greenville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 62.4 GWh | Dec 1965 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 96.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.2% |
| Thomas C Ferguson | Lower Colorado River Authority | Horseshoe Bay, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.6 TWh | Jul 2014 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Barney M Davis | Talen Texas, LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Apr 1974 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| 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 |
| Comanche Peak | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Glen Rose, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 19.7 TWh | Jul 1990 | Mar 2025 | Nuclear |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 9.0 TWh | Apr 1977 | Mar 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| T H Wharton | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 663.1 GWh | Jun 1967 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Limestone | NRG Texas Power LLC | Jewett, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.0 TWh | Nov 1985 | Mar 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.2% Natural Gas : 0.8% |
| Eagle Pass | Maverick Cty Water Control & Improvement | Eagle Pass, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 33.2 GWh | Jul 1932 | Mar 2025 | Water |
| Laredo | Talen Texas, LLC | Laredo, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 42.1 GWh | Jul 2008 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Nueces Bay | Talen Texas, LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.6 TWh | Jun 1972 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Victoria | Victoria WLE, LP | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 974.1 GWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Lake Hubbard | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Sunnyvale, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 899.7 GWh | May 1970 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 96.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.9% |
| Mountain Creek | Mountain Creek Power, LLC | Dallas, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 654.1 GWh | Jan 1956 | Nov 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Cedar Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.0 TWh | Nov 1970 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Greens Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 92.3 GWh | May 1973 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Coleto Creek | Coleto Creek Power LP | Fannin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.1 TWh | May 1980 | Mar 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| W A Parish | NRG Texas Power LLC | Thompsons, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 13.8 TWh | May 1958 | Mar 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 82.1% Natural Gas : 17.9% |
| Graham | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Graham, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Nov 1960 | Nov 2023 | Natural Gas : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0% |
| Handley | Constellation Power, Inc | Fort Worth, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 867.2 GWh | Jun 1963 | Mar 2025 | 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% |
| Permian Basin | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Monahans, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 344.7 GWh | May 1958 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 99.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.7% |
| Stryker Creek | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Jacksonville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.1 TWh | May 1958 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Trinidad (TX) | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Trinidad, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 330.6 GWh | Apr 1965 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Silas Ray | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Brownsville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 125.1 GWh | Apr 1952 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Bryan (TX) | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.9 GWh | Dec 1954 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West | Valero Refining Co | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 85.5 GWh | Aug 1983 | Mar 2025 | Petroleum Coke : 41.9% Other Gas : 40.4% Natural Gas : 17.7% |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery | Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co. | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Dec 1951 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Formosa Utility Venture Ltd | Formosa Plastics Corp | Point Comfort, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.6 TWh | Feb 1987 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.2% Other Gas : 0.8% |