Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Chemical Complex Battleground | Oxy Vinyls LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.8 TWh | Apr 1982 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.5% Other Gas : 0.5% |
| San Miguel | San Miguel Electric Coop, Inc | Christine, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.4 TWh | Dec 1981 | Feb 2026 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Tolk | Southwestern Public Service Co | Muleshoe, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.0 TWh | Dec 1981 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 86.8% Natural Gas : 13.2% |
| 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 |
| Copper | El Paso Electric Co | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 51.9 GWh | Jun 1980 | Nov 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Coleto Creek | Coleto Creek Power LP | Fannin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | May 1980 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Shell Deer Park | Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP) | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.0 TWh | Sep 1979 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 85.3% Other Gas : 9.4% Purchased Steam : 5.3% |
| Fayette Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | La Grange, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.3 TWh | May 1979 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Dansby | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 149.9 GWh | Aug 1978 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Freeport Energy | Olin Blue Cube Operations | Freeport, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Mar 1978 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.5 TWh | Apr 1977 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.6% |
| Welsh | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Pittsburg, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.7 TWh | Feb 1977 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Harrington | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.0 TWh | Dec 1975 | Feb 2026 | 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 |
| Barney M Davis | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.6 TWh | Apr 1974 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Greens Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 37.5 GWh | May 1973 | Nov 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Nueces Bay | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Jun 1972 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Texas Petrochemicals | TPC Group, LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 233.8 GWh | May 1972 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 86.0% Other Gas : 14.0% |
| 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 |
| International Paper Texarkana Mill | Graphic Packaging International - Texarkana | Queen City, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 336.7 GWh | Dec 1971 | Dec 2024 | Black Liquor : 52.7% Natural Gas : 28.1% Other Biomass Solids : 19.2% |
| Jones | Southwestern Public Service Co | Lubbock, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.2 TWh | Dec 1970 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Lewis Creek | Entergy Texas Inc. | Willis, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 1.9 TWh | Nov 1970 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Cedar Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Nov 1970 | Feb 2026 | 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% |
| Houston Plant | Eco Services Corp. | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 52.7 GWh | Dec 1969 | Dec 2024 | Waste Heat |
| R W Miller | RW Miller Power LLC | Palo Pinto, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 808.5 GWh | Sep 1968 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| USG Paper, LLC - Orange Mill | USG Paper LLC | Orange, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 238.6 GWh | Oct 1967 | Dec 2023 | Black Liquor : 59.3% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 39.8% Tire-derived Fuels : 0.9% |
| T H Wharton | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 743.6 GWh | Jun 1967 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Ray Olinger | City of Garland - (TX) | Navada, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 40.4 GWh | Jun 1967 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Spencer | City of Garland - (TX) | Denton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 10.8 GWh | May 1966 | Nov 2024 | Natural Gas |
| V H Braunig | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Elmendorf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 378.6 GWh | Feb 1966 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.6% |
| Powerlane Plant | City of Greenville - (TX) | Greenville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 48.9 GWh | Dec 1965 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 95.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.7% |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | ExxonMobil Oil Corp | Beaumont, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.3 TWh | Dec 1965 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 96.7% Other Gas : 3.3% |
| Sam Rayburn Dam | USACE-Fort Worth District | Jasper, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 198.5 GWh | Aug 1965 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Ty Cooke | City of Lubbock - (TX) | Lubbock, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 3.7 GWh | May 1965 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas |
| Trinidad (TX) | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Trinidad, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 376.4 GWh | Apr 1965 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Sim Gideon | Lower Colorado River Authority | Bastrop, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.0 TWh | Apr 1965 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Wilkes | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Avinger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.2 TWh | Apr 1964 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.7% |
| Union Carbide Seadrift Cogen | Union Carbide Corp-Seadrift | Seadrift, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 638.9 GWh | Dec 1963 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 92.1% Other Gas : 7.9% |
| Handley | Constellation Power, Inc | Fort Worth, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 869.7 GWh | Jun 1963 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Victoria | Victoria WLE, LP | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 TWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Sam Rayburn | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Nursery, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 194.0 GWh | Feb 1963 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| Sabine | Entergy Texas Inc. | Orange, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 3.5 TWh | Dec 1961 | Jan 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Pearsall | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc | Pearsall, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 329.9 GWh | Apr 1961 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Graham | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Graham, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.0 TWh | Nov 1960 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.8% |
| Newman | El Paso Electric Co | El Paso, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 3.7 TWh | Apr 1960 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Nichols | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 1.7 TWh | Dec 1959 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| W A Parish | NRG Texas Power LLC | Thompsons, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 15.2 TWh | May 1958 | Feb 2026 | Subbituminous Coal : 83.0% Natural Gas : 17.0% |
| Permian Basin | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Monahans, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 464.5 GWh | May 1958 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.9% |
| Stryker Creek | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Jacksonville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 921.7 GWh | May 1958 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery | Motiva Enterprises LLC | Port Arthur, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 1.6 TWh | May 1957 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 90.9% Other Gas : 9.1% |
| Central Utility Plant - Texas A&M | Texas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services | College Station, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 138.5 GWh | Nov 1956 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas |
| Mountain Creek | Mountain Creek Power, LLC | Dallas, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 479.5 GWh | Jan 1956 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Bryan (TX) | City of Bryan - (TX) | Bryan, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.5 GWh | Dec 1954 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Falcon Dam & Power | International Bound & Wtr Comm | Falcon Heights, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 19.3 GWh | Sep 1954 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| WestRock (TX) | WestRock (TX) | Evadale, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 415.2 GWh | May 1954 | Dec 2024 | Black Liquor : 58.9% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 22.0% Natural Gas : 19.1% |
| Whitney | USACE-Fort Worth District | Clifton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 69.4 GWh | May 1953 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Silas Ray | Brownsville Public Utilities Board | Brownsville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 103.4 GWh | Apr 1952 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Plant X | Southwestern Public Service Co | Earth, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 815.7 GWh | Dec 1951 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas : 99.9% |
| 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 |
| Hal C Weaver Power Plant | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 361.2 GWh | Sep 1951 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Marble Falls | Lower Colorado River Authority | Marble Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 15.2 GWh | Aug 1951 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Granite Shoals | Lower Colorado River Authority | Marble Falls, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 22.4 GWh | May 1951 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Knox Lee | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Longview, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 321.3 GWh | Nov 1950 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Sabine River Operations | The Dow Chemical Company | Orange, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.8 TWh | Dec 1947 | Feb 2026 | Natural Gas : 99.4% Other Gas : 0.6% |
| Denison | USCE-Tulsa District | Denison, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 191.9 GWh | Feb 1945 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Marshall Ford | Lower Colorado River Authority | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 24.0 GWh | Dec 1940 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Austin | Lower Colorado River Authority | Austin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.1 GWh | Mar 1940 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Buchanan Dam (TX) | Lower Colorado River Authority | Buchanan Dam, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 17.1 GWh | Dec 1937 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Inks | Lower Colorado River Authority | Buchanan Dam, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.7 GWh | Dec 1937 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Eagle Pass | Maverick Cty Water Control & Improvement | Eagle Pass, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 12.6 GWh | Jul 1932 | Feb 2026 | Water |
| Dunlap TP 1 | Guadalupe Blanco River Authority | New Brannfels, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 4.4 GWh | Dec 1926 | Dec 2024 | Water |
| Norton Solar Farm | TAI Norton Solar LLC | Bronte, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 103.7 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Samson Solar Energy II LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 359.5 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Delilah Solar Energy II LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Bogota, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 309.6 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Big Star Solar, LLC (Hybrid) | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Rosanky, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 432.6 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| 7V Solar Ranch | 7V Solar Ranch, LLC | Muldoon, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 523.6 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Hornet Solar (TX) | Vesper Energy Development LLC | Tulia, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.4 TWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC | El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC | San Perlita, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 829.7 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Oriana Solar LLC | Oriana Solar LLC | Victoria, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 175.5 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Orange Grove | Orange Grove | Jim Wells, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 212.6 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| OCI Stillhouse Solar | Stillhouse Solar LLC | Rogers, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 112.2 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Peregrine Solar | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Gollad, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 715.0 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Prairie Switch Wind LLC | Prairie Switch Wind LLC | El Campo, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 402.0 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| TX Houston 7080 Express Lane | Catalyze Houston Express Lane Microgrid, LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.0 MWh | - | Jun 2024 | Solar |
| Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | Bright Arrow Solar, LLC | Sulphur Springs, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 446.9 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Ash Creek Solar | Ash Creek | Abbott, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 532.2 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Morrow Lake Solar | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Pearsall, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 61.4 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Estonian Solar Project, LLC | Enel Green Power Estonian Solar Project, LLC | Cooper, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 462.3 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| BT Hickerson Solar, LLC | BT Hickerson Solar, LLC | Clifton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 304.5 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| La Casa Wind | La Casa Wind, LLC | Ranger, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 139.1 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Grimes County Solar | Grimes County Solar Project, LLC | Lola, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 60.2 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC | Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC | Crowell, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 642.7 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Felina | El Paso Electric Co | Fabens, TX | El Paso Electric Company (EPE) | 127.5 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Lane City Wind | Lane City Wind, LLC | Lane City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 227.1 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Peyton Creek Wind Farm II | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Bay City, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 449.8 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Hart Wind | Hart Wind Project, LLC | Hart, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 481.4 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Wind |
| Compadre Solar | Compadre Solar, LLC | Gainsville, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 38.2 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Ray Ranch Solar | Ray Ranch Solar LLC | Pettus, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 430.2 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |
| Liberty Hybrid Solar and Storage Project | Liberty 1 Solar LLC | Dayton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 67.8 GWh | - | Feb 2026 | Solar |