Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greens Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 37.5 GWh | May 1973 | Nov 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Barney M Davis | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.6 TWh | Apr 1974 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Works 4 | Vitro Architectural Glass | Wichita Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 75.0 MWh | May 1974 | Dec 2024 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Harrington | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.0 TWh | Dec 1975 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Welsh | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Pittsburg, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 4.1 TWh | Feb 1977 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.5 TWh | Apr 1977 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Freeport Energy | Olin Blue Cube Operations | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Mar 1978 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Dansby | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 149.9 GWh | Aug 1978 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Fayette Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | La Grange, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.5 TWh | May 1979 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Shell Deer Park | Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP) | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.1 TWh | Sep 1979 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 83.1% Other Gas : 9.4% Purchased Steam : 7.5% |
| Coleto Creek | Coleto Creek Power LP | Fannin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.1 TWh | May 1980 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Copper | El Paso Electric Co | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 51.9 GWh | Jun 1980 | Nov 2024 | 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 |
| San Miguel | San Miguel Electric Coop, Inc | Christine, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.4 TWh | Dec 1981 | Dec 2025 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Tolk | Southwestern Public Service Co | Muleshoe, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.9 TWh | Dec 1981 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 88.2% Natural Gas : 11.8% |
| Houston Chemical Complex Battleground | Oxy Vinyls LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.9 TWh | Apr 1982 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.4% Other Gas : 0.6% |
| Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen | Orion Engineered Carbons | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 80.2 GWh | Sep 1982 | Dec 2024 | Other Gas : 99.5% |
| Amistad Dam & Power | International Bound & Wtr Comm | Del Rio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 50.6 GWh | May 1983 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Snider Industries | Snider Industries Inc | Marshall, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 12.5 GWh | Jul 1983 | Dec 2024 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West | Valero Refining Co | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 82.1 GWh | Aug 1983 | Dec 2025 | Petroleum Coke : 42.3% Other Gas : 39.8% Natural Gas : 17.8% |
| Seadrift Coke LP | Seadrift Coke L P | Port Lavaca, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 32.9 GWh | Oct 1983 | Dec 2025 | Petroleum Coke : 69.0% Other Gas : 27.0% Natural Gas : 4.0% |
| Newgulf Cogen | Wharton County Generation LLC | NewGulf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 12.7 GWh | Mar 1984 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Enterprise Products Operating | Enterprise Products Optg LP | Mont Belvieu, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 154.7 GWh | Aug 1984 | Dec 2024 | 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 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 91.0% Other Gas : 9.0% |
| Borger Plant | Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 46.6 GWh | Jan 1985 | Sep 2024 | Blast Furnace Gas : 78.3% Natural Gas : 21.7% |
| Power Island | INEOS USA LLC | Alvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 833.4 GWh | Oct 1985 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC | Odyssey Operating Services | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.4 TWh | Oct 1985 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Limestone | NRG Texas Power LLC | Jewett, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.5 TWh | Nov 1985 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.4% Natural Gas : 0.6% |
| Rice University | Rice University | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 17.7 GWh | Dec 1985 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Power Station 4 | South Houston Green Power LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 401.4 GWh | Aug 1986 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Phelps Dodge Refining | Phelps Dodge Refining Corp | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 56.1 GWh | Sep 1986 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Formosa Utility Venture Ltd | Formosa Plastics Corp | Point Comfort, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.0 TWh | Feb 1987 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.3% Other Gas : 1.7% |
| Goodyear Beaumont Chemical Plant | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co | Beaumont, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 259.2 GWh | Feb 1987 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.4% Waste/Other Oil : 1.6% |
| Victoria Texas Plant | Invista | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 472.4 GWh | Mar 1987 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Texas City Power Plant | Texas City Cogeneration LLC | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Apr 1987 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Signal Hill Generating LLC | Signal Hill Generating LLC | Wichita Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 GWh | May 1987 | Nov 2024 | Natural Gas |
| C R Wing Cogen Plant | BHER Power Resources, Inc | Big Spring, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 133.7 GWh | Jun 1987 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Westhollow Technology Center | Shell Chemical LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 17.4 GWh | Dec 1987 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Wasson CO2 Removal Plant | Occidental Permian Ltd | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 145.6 GWh | Jan 1988 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Refinery | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 280.5 GWh | Apr 1988 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Morgan Creek | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Colorado City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 23.5 GWh | Jun 1988 | Dec 2024 | Distillate Fuel Oil : 65.6% Natural Gas : 34.4% |
| Port Arthur Texas Refinery | Total Petrochemicals USA Inc | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 225.9 GWh | Jul 1988 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 75.0% Other Gas : 25.0% |
| South Texas Project | STP Nuclear Operating Co | Wadsworth, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 21.8 TWh | Jul 1988 | Dec 2025 | Nuclear |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine | Exxon Mobil Refining and Supply Co. | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.6 TWh | Jan 1989 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Ticona Polymers Inc | Ticona Polymers Inc | Bishop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 264.7 GWh | Mar 1989 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Corpus Christi | Equistar Chemicals LP | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 54.6 GWh | Apr 1989 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Paris Energy Center | Paris Generation LP | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 648.0 GWh | Jun 1989 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| DeCordova Steam Electric Station | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Granbury, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 36.9 GWh | Feb 1990 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 94.6% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.4% |
| 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) | 19.8 TWh | Jul 1990 | Dec 2025 | Nuclear |
| Major Oak Power | Major Oak Power, LLC | Bremond, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.2 TWh | Aug 1990 | Dec 2025 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| JCO Oxides Olefins Plant | Indorama Ventures | Port Neeches, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 613.8 GWh | Aug 1992 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| J K Spruce | City of San Antonio - (TX) | San Antonio, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.5 TWh | Nov 1992 | Dec 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.4% Natural Gas : 0.6% |
| Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc. | Ascend Performance Materials | Alvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 147.5 GWh | May 1993 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility | Ft Worth City of | Arlington, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 25.5 GWh | Mar 1994 | Dec 2025 | 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 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| San Jacinto Steam Electric Station | NRG Texas Power LLC | La Porte, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 857.9 GWh | Mar 1995 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Texas City Plant Union Carbide | Union Carbide Corp-Texas City | Texas City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 82.8 GWh | Jan 1996 | Dec 2025 | Purchased Steam |
| Johnson County | Johnson County Power LLC | Cleburne, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.3 TWh | Aug 1996 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Sweeny Cogen Facility | Sweeny Cogeneration LLC | Old Ocean, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.3 TWh | Jul 1997 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 69.6% Other Gas : 30.4% |
| State Farm Insur Support Center Central | State Farm Mutual Auto Ins Co | Irving, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 11.0 MWh | Dec 1997 | Dec 2025 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
| Pasadena Cogeneration | Pasadena Cogeneration LP | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.1 TWh | May 1998 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Big Spring Wind Power Facility | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind | Big Spring, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 56.0 GWh | Nov 1998 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| BASF Freeport Works | BASF Corporation | Feeeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 532.7 GWh | Apr 1999 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Black Hawk Station | Borger Energy Associates LP | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.4 TWh | May 1999 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 86.6% Other Gas : 13.4% |
| Mustang Station | Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc | Denver City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.5 TWh | May 1999 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Frontera Energy Center | Frontera Generation Limited Partnership | Mission, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | May 1999 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Ingleside Cogeneration | Ingleside Cogeneration LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | Jun 1999 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 98.4% Other Gas : 1.6% |
| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd | Shiro, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.5 TWh | Apr 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Midlothian Energy LLC | Midlothian, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.9 TWh | Apr 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Lamar Power Project | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Paris, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 6.9 TWh | Apr 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.7 TWh | May 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Arthur Von Rosenberg | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.6 TWh | May 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Gregory Power Plant | Gregory Power Partners LLC | Gregory, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 639.9 GWh | Jun 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Bridgeport Gas Processing Plant | EnLink Midstream Services, LLC | Bridgeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 47.9 GWh | Jun 2000 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Thad Hill Energy Center | Thad Hill Energy Center, LLC | Clifton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.1 TWh | Jun 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Guadalupe Generating Station | Guadalupe Power Partners LP | Marion, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.7 TWh | Sep 2000 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Air Products Port Arthur | Air Products LLC | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 998.1 GWh | Oct 2000 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 92.8% Other Gas : 7.2% |
| Eastman Cogeneration Facility | Eastman Cogeneration LP | Longview, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.6 TWh | Mar 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm | NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 205.6 GWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | Bastrop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.6 TWh | Apr 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| King Mountain Wind Ranch 1 | FPL Energy Upton Wind LP | McCamey, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 573.5 GWh | May 2001 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Sand Hill | Austin Energy | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.0 TWh | May 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| San Jacinto County Peaking Facility | East Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Shepherd, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 139.6 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Hardin County Peaking Facility | Entergy Texas Inc. | Kountze, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 194.6 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Channel Energy Center LLC | Channel Energy Center LLC | Pasadena, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.8 TWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.1% Other Gas : 0.9% |
| Odessa-Ector Power Plant | LaFrontera Holdings LLC | Odessa, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.1 TWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Exelon LaPorte Generating Station | LaPorte Power, LLC | LaPorte, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 164.9 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Woodward Mountain II | Pecos Wind II LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 168.0 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Tenaska Gateway Generating Station | Tenaska Gateway Partners Ltd | Mt. Enterprise, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.7 TWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| NAFTA Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac | BASF Corp | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 562.0 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Woodward Mountain I | Pecos Wind I LP | Girvin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 168.0 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Trent Wind Farm | Trent Wind Farm LLC | Trent, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 515.0 GWh | Jun 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Channelview Cogeneration Plant | EIF Channelview Cogeneration LLC | Channelview, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.5 TWh | Jul 2001 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Llano Estacado Wind Ranch | Llano Estacado Wind Ranch | White Deer, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 94.8 GWh | Nov 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Desert Sky | Desert Sky Wind Farm LP | Iraan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 496.7 GWh | Dec 2001 | Dec 2024 | Wind |
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley | Edinburg, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.2 TWh | Jan 2002 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Hays Energy Project | Hays Energy, LLC | San Marcos, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 5.3 TWh | Mar 2002 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop Energy Partners, LP | Cedar Creek, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.3 TWh | Apr 2002 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| 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 |