Directory of Power Plants in Texas
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newgulf Cogen | Wharton County Generation LLC | NewGulf, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 12.7 GWh | Mar 1984 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Seadrift Coke LP | Seadrift Coke L P | Port Lavaca, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 23.2 GWh | Oct 1983 | Apr 2025 | Petroleum Coke : 69.6% Other Gas : 28.3% Natural Gas : 2.1% |
| Valero Refinery Corpus Christi West | Valero Refining Co | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 82.7 GWh | Aug 1983 | Apr 2025 | Petroleum Coke : 42.3% Other Gas : 39.8% Natural Gas : 17.8% |
| Snider Industries | Snider Industries Inc | Marshall, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 12.5 GWh | Jul 1983 | Dec 2024 | Wood/Wood Waste Solids |
| 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 |
| Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen | Orion Engineered Carbons | Borger, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 80.2 GWh | Sep 1982 | Dec 2024 | Other Gas : 99.5% |
| Houston Chemical Complex Battleground | Oxy Vinyls LP | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.7 TWh | Apr 1982 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.1% Other Gas : 0.9% |
| San Miguel | San Miguel Electric Coop, Inc | Christine, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.3 TWh | Dec 1981 | Feb 2025 | Lignite Coal : 99.8% |
| Tolk | Southwestern Public Service Co | Muleshoe, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.1 TWh | Dec 1981 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 84.4% Natural Gas : 15.6% |
| 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) | 49.8 GWh | Jun 1980 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Coleto Creek | Coleto Creek Power LP | Fannin, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 3.1 TWh | May 1980 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Shell Deer Park | Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP) | Deer Park, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.3 TWh | Sep 1979 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas : 77.5% Purchased Steam : 12.3% Other Gas : 10.2% |
| Fayette Power Project | Lower Colorado River Authority | La Grange, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 7.7 TWh | May 1979 | Apr 2025 | 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 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Martin Lake | Luminant Generation Company LLC | Tatum, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 8.8 TWh | Apr 1977 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
| Welsh | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Pittsburg, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 4.4 TWh | Feb 1977 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.8% |
| Harrington | Southwestern Public Service Co | Amarillo, TX | Southwest Power Pool (SWPP) | 2.3 TWh | Dec 1975 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 63.3% Natural Gas : 36.7% |
| 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) | 1.7 TWh | Apr 1974 | Mar 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Greens Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Houston, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 37.1 GWh | May 1973 | Dec 2024 | Natural Gas |
| Nueces Bay | City of San Antonio - (TX) | Corpus Christi, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 1.6 TWh | Jun 1972 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 1.9 TWh | Mar 1972 | Dec 2023 | 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) | 2.5 TWh | Dec 1970 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Lewis Creek | Entergy Texas Inc. | Willis, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 2.0 TWh | Nov 1970 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Cedar Bayou | NRG Texas Power LLC | Baytown, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 2.9 TWh | Nov 1970 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 628.3 GWh | Sep 1968 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| 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) | 670.0 GWh | Jun 1967 | Apr 2025 | 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 |
| 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) | 2.2 TWh | Feb 1966 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas |
| 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% |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | ExxonMobil Oil Corp | Beaumont, TX | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) | 4.4 TWh | Dec 1965 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas : 96.6% Other Gas : 3.4% |
| 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) | 1.2 TWh | Apr 1965 | Dec 2023 | 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) | 895.5 GWh | Jun 1963 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 3.9 TWh | Dec 1961 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 4.1 TWh | Apr 1960 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 14.2 TWh | May 1958 | Apr 2025 | Subbituminous Coal : 82.6% Natural Gas : 17.4% |
| 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 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 108.2 GWh | Nov 1956 | Apr 2025 | 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) | 406.8 GWh | May 1954 | Dec 2023 | Black Liquor : 57.4% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 24.4% Natural Gas : 18.1% |
| 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 | Apr 2025 | Natural Gas : 99.2% Other Gas : 0.8% |
| 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) | 33.8 GWh | Jul 1932 | Apr 2025 | Water |
| Dunlap TP 1 | Guadalupe Blanco River Authority | New Brannfels, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 673.0 MWh | Dec 1926 | Feb 2024 | Water |
| Samson Solar Energy II LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Cunningham, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 20.7 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Big Star Solar, LLC (Hybrid) | Big Sky Wind, LLC | Rosanky, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 77.4 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| 7V Solar Ranch | 7V Solar Ranch, LLC | Muldoon, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 139.8 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Hornet Solar (TX) | Vesper Energy Development LLC | Tulia, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 135.1 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC | El Sauz Ranch Wind, LLC | San Perlita, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 319.8 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Peregrine Solar | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. | Gollad, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 111.1 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| 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 |
| Estonian Solar Project, LLC | Enel Green Power Estonian Solar Project, LLC | Cooper, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 102.8 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC | Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm, LLC | Crowell, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 247.4 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Wind |
| Burksol Energy Storage | Burksol, LLC | Afton, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 379.0 MWh | - | Apr 2025 | Electricity used for energy storage |
| Angelo Solar | Angelo Solar, LLC | San Angelo, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 153.6 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Big Elm Solar | Big Elm Solar, LLC | Troy, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 138.0 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Gransolar Texas One, LLC | Gransolar Texas One, LLC | Thorndale, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 24.0 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| BT Jungmann | BT Jungmann, LLC | Buckholts, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 22.1 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |
| Swift Air Solar I | OE_SAS1 | Goldsmith, TX | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO) | 28.3 GWh | - | Apr 2025 | Solar |