Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rita Wind Energy | BHE Renewables, LLC | Big Lake, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Nov 2017 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center | Lacy Creek Wind, LLC | Sterling City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Nov 2022 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Wilkes | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Avinger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.2 TWh | Apr 1964 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| Shell Deer Park | Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP) | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Sep 1979 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 80.0% Purchased Steam : 10.6% Other Gas : 9.4% |
| Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC Hybrid | Azure Sky Wind Project, LLC | Throckmorton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Aug 2023 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC Hybrid | High Lonesome Wind Power, LLC | Rankin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Jun 2021 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Inertia Wind Project | Inertia Wind Project, LLC | Haskell, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Dec 2022 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Santa Rita East | Invenergy Services LLC | Barnhart, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | May 2019 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery | Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co. | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.2 TWh | Dec 1951 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Elk Station | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc | Abernathy, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.3 TWh | May 2015 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Hecate Energy Frye Solar LLC | Repsol Renewables NA | Kress, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.3 TWh | May 2024 | Oct 2025 | Solar |
| Johnson County | Johnson County Power LLC | Cleburne, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.3 TWh | Aug 1996 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Black Hawk Station | Borger Energy Associates LP | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.3 TWh | May 1999 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 87.5% Other Gas : 12.5% |
| San Miguel | San Miguel Electric Coop, Inc | Christine, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.4 TWh | Dec 1981 | Oct 2025 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Victoria | Victoria WLE, LP | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 TWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Maverick Creek Wind | Algonquin Power Co | Eden, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 TWh | Feb 2022 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Young Wind | Young Wind, LLC | Graham, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 TWh | Nov 2022 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Barney M Davis | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 TWh | Apr 1974 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Cedar Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.6 TWh | Nov 1970 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery | Motiva Enterprises LLC | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 1.6 TWh | May 1957 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 90.9% Other Gas : 9.1% |
| Ennis Power Company LLC | Ennis Power Company LLC | Ennis, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Aviator Wind | Aviator Wind, LLC | Robert Lee, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | May 2021 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Mustang Station Unit 4 | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.7 TWh | Mar 2006 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Lake Hubbard | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Sunnyvale, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | May 1970 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 97.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 2.7% |
| Nichols | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.7 TWh | Dec 1959 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Nueces Bay | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Jun 1972 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Freeport Energy | Olin Blue Cube Operations | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Mar 1978 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| White Mesa Wind | White Mesa Wind, LLC | Ozona, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Sep 2021 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Texas City Power Plant | Texas City Cogeneration LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.9 TWh | Apr 1987 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Houston Chemical Complex Battleground | Oxy Vinyls LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.9 TWh | Apr 1982 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.4% Other Gas : 0.6% |
| Hale Community Wind Farm | Southwestern Public Service Co | Plainview, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.9 TWh | May 2019 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Capricorn Ridge Wind LLC | Sterling City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | Oct 2007 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Lewis Creek | Entergy Texas Inc. | Willis, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.0 TWh | Nov 1970 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Frontera Energy Center | Frontera Generation Limited Partnership | Mission, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | May 1999 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sand Hill | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.1 TWh | May 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.1 TWh | Jan 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Harrington | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.1 TWh | Dec 1975 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 92.2% Subbituminous Coal : 7.8% |
| Major Oak Power | Major Oak Power, LLC | Bremond, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.2 TWh | Aug 1990 | Oct 2025 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Cedar Bayou 4 | NRG Cedar Bayou Development Company LLC | Eldon, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | May 2009 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Colorado Bend Energy Center | CER Colorado Bend Energy Partners LP | Wharton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Apr 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | Bastrop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Apr 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Christi Energy Center | Corpus Christi Cogeneration LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.4 TWh | Sep 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Bayou Cogen Plant | Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.4 TWh | Nov 1984 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 91.2% Other Gas : 8.8% |
| Mustang Station | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.4 TWh | May 1999 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center | FPL Energy Horse Hollow LLC | Wingate, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.4 TWh | Nov 2005 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Oyster Creek Unit VIII | Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.4 TWh | Sep 1994 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| O W Sommers | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.5 TWh | Mar 1972 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Tolk | Southwestern Public Service Co | Muleshoe, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.6 TWh | Dec 1981 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 89.8% Natural Gas : 10.2% |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine | Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co. | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.7 TWh | Jan 1989 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.7 TWh | May 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Jones | Southwestern Public Service Co | Lubbock, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.7 TWh | Dec 1970 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Harrison County Power Project | Northeast Texas Elec Coop, Inc | Marshall, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.7 TWh | May 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Eastman Cogeneration Facility | Eastman Cogeneration LP | Longview, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.8 TWh | Mar 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sabine River Operations | The Dow Chemical Company | Orange, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.9 TWh | Dec 1947 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.3% Other Gas : 0.7% |
| Ingleside Cogeneration | Ingleside Cogeneration LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | Jun 1999 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.3% Other Gas : 1.7% |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop Energy Partners, LP | Cedar Creek, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | Apr 2002 | Sep 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Wise County Power LLC | Wise County Power Company LLC | Poolville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.0 TWh | Jun 2004 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Coleto Creek | Coleto Creek Power LP | Fannin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.0 TWh | May 1980 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Quail Run Energy Center | Quail Run Energy Partners, LP | Odessa, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.1 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Rayburn Energy Station LLC | Rayburn Energy Station LLC | Sherman, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.1 TWh | Jul 2014 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sandy Creek Energy Station | Sandy Creek Energy Associates LP | Riesel, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.2 TWh | Apr 2013 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal |
| Wolf Hollow I LP | Wolf Hollow I Power, LLC | Granbury, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.3 TWh | Jul 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sweeny Cogen Facility | Sweeny Cogeneration LLC | Old Ocean, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.3 TWh | Jul 1997 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 69.8% Other Gas : 30.2% |
| Jack Fusco Energy Center | Brazos Valley Energy | Thompsons, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.3 TWh | Apr 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Sabine | Entergy Texas Inc. | Orange, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.5 TWh | Dec 1961 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd | Shiro, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.6 TWh | Apr 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC | Odyssey Operating Services | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.6 TWh | Oct 1985 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Arthur Von Rosenberg | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.8 TWh | May 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Green Power 2 | South Houston Green Power LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.8 TWh | Nov 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Thomas C Ferguson | Lower Colorado River Authority | Horseshoe Bay, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.8 TWh | Jul 2014 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Baytown Energy Center | Baytown Energy Center LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.9 TWh | May 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Newman | El Paso Electric Co | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 4.1 TWh | Apr 1960 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Great Prairie Wind | Great Prairie Wind LLC | Gruver, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 4.1 TWh | Oct 2022 | Oct 2025 | Wind |
| Welsh | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Pittsburg, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 4.1 TWh | Feb 1977 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Thad Hill Energy Center | Thad Hill Energy Center, LLC | Clifton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.2 TWh | Jun 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Tenaska Gateway Generating Station | Tenaska Gateway Partners Ltd | Mt. Enterprise, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.4 TWh | Jun 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | ExxonMobil Oil Corp | Beaumont, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.4 TWh | Dec 1965 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 96.7% Other Gas : 3.3% |
| Rio Nogales Power Project | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Seguin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.4 TWh | Apr 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Channel Energy Center LLC | Channel Energy Center LLC | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.5 TWh | Jun 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 97.9% Other Gas : 2.1% |
| Pasadena Cogeneration | Pasadena Cogeneration LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.9 TWh | May 1998 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Formosa Utility Venture Ltd | Formosa Plastics Corp | Point Comfort, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.9 TWh | Feb 1987 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.5% Other Gas : 1.5% |
| Cottonwood Energy Company LP | NRG Cottonwood Tenant LLC | Deweyville, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 5.1 TWh | Jun 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hays Energy Project | Hays Energy, LLC | San Marcos, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.2 TWh | Mar 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Wolf Hollow II | Constellation Power, Inc | Granbury, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.5 TWh | May 2017 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Channelview Cogeneration Plant | EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.6 TWh | Jul 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Guadalupe Generating Station | Guadalupe Power Partners LP | Marion, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.9 TWh | Sep 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Montgomery County | Entergy Texas Inc. | Willis, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 6.0 TWh | Dec 2020 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Colorado Bend II | Constellation Power, Inc | Wharton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.2 TWh | May 2017 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Freestone Energy Center | Freestone Power Generation LLC | Fairfield, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.4 TWh | May 2002 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Midlothian Energy LLC | Midlothian, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.6 TWh | Apr 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| J K Spruce | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.7 TWh | Nov 1992 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.5% |
| Jack County | Jack County Power, LLC | Bridgeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.7 TWh | Jan 2006 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Lamar Power Project | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.8 TWh | Apr 2000 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Temple Power Station | Temple Generation Holdings LLC | Temple, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.9 TWh | Jun 2014 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Odessa-Ector Power Plant | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Odessa, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.8 TWh | Jun 2001 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Limestone | NRG Texas Power LLC | Jewett, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.0 TWh | Nov 1985 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.5% Natural Gas : 0.5% |
| Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park Energy Center | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.0 TWh | May 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.2 TWh | Apr 1977 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Fayette Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | La Grange, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.4 TWh | May 1979 | Oct 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Forney Energy Center | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Forney, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 9.5 TWh | Jan 2003 | Oct 2025 | Natural Gas |