List of power stations in Texas
Texas has a wide variety of energy sources. Once dominated by natural gas and coal,[1] the power mix has been changing rapidly. Wind generation replaced coal in the number two position in 2017.[2] ERCOT has also approved the planned connection of much new generation capacity to the Texas electric grid, none of it coal. The permitted new connections to the grid include 2,000 megawatts from solar sources, 8,700 megawatts from wind generation, and more than 10,000 megawatts from natural gas.[3]
Biomass
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Aspen Biomass Power Plant | Lufkin | 31°22′9″N 94°44′22″W | 44 | [4] |
Nacogdoches Generating Facility | Nacogdoches County | 34.832°N 94.9°W | 100 | [5] |
Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers | Santa Rosa | 26°16′11″N 97°52′0″W | 23.5 | [4] |
Snider Industries | Marshall | 32°34′45″N 94°22′27″W | 5 | [4] |
Texarkana Mill | Cass County | 33°15′27″N 94°04′17″W | 65 | [6] |
Woodville Renewable Power | Woodville | 30°44′56″N 94°26′10″W | 49 | [4] |
Coal and lignite
A useful map[7] of coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club.
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Coleto Creek | Fannin | 622 | [8] | |
Fayette | La Grange, in Fayette County | 29°55′02″N 97°14′58″W | 1,690 | [9] |
Gibbons Creek | Grimes County | 30°37′9″N 96°4′54″W | 453 | [8][10] |
Harrington | Potter County | 35°17′50″N 101°44′51″W | 1,080 | - |
Limestone | Jewett | 31°25′27″N 96°15′13″W | 1,850 | [11] |
Martin Lake | Rusk County | 32°15′35″N 94°34′13″W | 2,380 | [12][8] |
Oak Grove | Robertson County | 31°10′48″N 96°29′30″W | 1,796 | [13] |
Oklaunion | Wilbarger County | 34°4′57″N 99°10′34″W | 720 | [8] |
Pirkey | Hallsville | 32°27′37″N 94°29′11″W | 721 | [8] |
Sandy Creek | Riesel | 31°28′29″N 96°57′23″W | 1,008 | [8] |
J.K. Spruce | Bexar County | 29°18′27″N 98°19′25″W | 1,444 | [8] |
Tolk | Lamb County | 34°11′05″N 102°35′53″W | 1,136 | [8] |
Major Oak Power | Robertson County | 31°5′29″N 96°41′34″W | 349 | [14] |
W. A. Parish (units 5 to 8) | Greater Houston | 29°28′34″N 95°38′0″W | 2,736 | [8] |
Welsh | Mount Pleasant, Texas | 33°03′17″N 94°50′24″W | 1,116 | [8][15] |
San Miguel lignite powerplant | Christine, Texas | 28°42′15″N 98°28′38″W | 391 | [16][17] |
Defunct
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Decommissioned | Refs |
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Big Brown | Freestone County | 31°49′14″N 96°03′22″W | 1,186 | 2018 | [18] |
J.T. Deely | Bexar County | 29°18′25″N 98°19′12″W | 932 | 2018 | [8] |
Monticello | Titus County | 33°05′28″N 95°02′17″W | 1,980 | 2018 | [8] |
Sandow | Milam County | 30°33′51″N 97°03′50″W | 1,252 | 2018 | [8][19][20] |
Natural gas
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Antelope Elk Energy Center | Abernathy, Texas | 33.863158°N 101.843109°W | 738 | |
Bastrop Energy Center | Bastrop County | 30.146°N 97.55°W | 540 | [23] |
Black Hawk | 225 | [22] | ||
Brazos Valley | Fort Bend County | 29°28′20″N 95°37′23″W | 520 | [23] |
Channel Energy Center | Pasadena | 29°43′7″N 95°13′56″W | 715 | [24] |
Channelview | 29°50′08″N 95°07′27″W | 830 | [25][23] | |
Colorado Bend | Wharton, Tx | 550 | [26][27][23] | |
Decker Creek Power Station | Austin | 30.304°N 97.612°W | 927 | [21] |
Decordova | [22] | |||
Deer Park | 29°42′55″N 95°08′10″W | 830 | [28][23] | |
Eagle Mountain | [21] | |||
Ennis | [22] | |||
Forney Energy Center | 32°45′46″N 96°29′00″W | 1,784 | [29] | |
Freestone | [22] | |||
Frontera | 500 | [23] | ||
Graham | [21] | |||
Gregory | 550 | |||
Guadalupe | 29°37′32″N 98°08′28″W | 1,000 | [30][23] | |
Handley | [21] | |||
Hays County | 29°46′50″N 97°59′22″W | 1,100 | [31][23] | |
Jack County | 1240 | [23] | ||
Jones Generating Station | Lubbock County | 33°31′27.5″N 101°44′23″W | 655 | [32] |
Knox Lee Power Station | Gregg County | 32.3770976°N 94.6413185°W | 501 | [33] |
Lake Hubbard | [21] | |||
Lewis Creek | Willis, TX | 30.435606, -95.521099 | ||
Lost Pines 1 | Bastrop County | 511 | [34] | |
Magic Valley | Edinburg | 771 | ||
Midlothian | Ellis County | 32°25′48″N 97°03′18″W | 1,734 | [22][35] |
Mountain Creek | [21] | |||
Mustang | 490 | [22] | ||
Odessa Ector | Ector County | 31°50′16″N 102°19′40″W | 1,135 | [22][36] |
Oyster Creek | 425 | |||
Plant X | Lamb County | 34°09′57″N 102°24′38″W | 442 | |
Rio Nogales | Seguin, Texas | 29°35′36″N 97°58′25″W | 800 | [23] |
Roland C. Dansby | Brazos County | 210 | [37] | |
Sabine | Orange County | 30°01′27″N 93°52′30″W | 2051 | [21][38] |
Sam Bertron | Harris County | 29°43′35″N 95°03′33″W | [21] | |
Sam Rayburn | 191 | [23] | ||
Sam Gideon | Bastrop County | 608 | [39] | |
Sand Hill Energy Center | Travis County | 30.209°N 97.613°W | 570 | [23] |
Texas City Cogen | 450 | |||
Thomas C. Ferguson | Llano County | 30°33′27″N 98°22′20″W | 540 | [40] |
W. A. Parish (units 1 to 4) | Fort Bend County | 29°28′34″N 95°38′0″W | 956 | |
O.W. Sommers | Bexar County | 29°18′28″N 98°19′26″W | 892 | |
Wilkes | Marion County | 32°50′53″N 94°32′52″W | 879 | |
Winchester Power Park | Fayette County | 176 | [41] | |
Wolf Hollow | Hood County | 32°20′05″N 97°44′04″W | 810 | [22][42] |
Defunct
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Decommissioned | Refs |
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Paint Creek | Haskell County | 33°04′46″N 99°34′51″W | 218 | 2002 | [43] |
P.H. Robinson | Galveston County | 29°29′15″N 94°58′46″W | 2,316 | 2009 | [44] |
Hydroelectric dams
Wind farms
The following list emphasizes operating wind farms in Texas that are 100 MW or larger.
To update and expand this list, search the Energy Information Administration's plant-level data set by visiting the Electrity Data Browser.
Alternatively, visit OpenEI Wind Farm Data or The Windpower Database
Solar farms
The following list emphasizes operating solar photovoltaic farms in Texas that are 20 MW or larger.
To update and expand this list, search the Energy Information Administration's plant-level data set by visiting the Electrity Data Browser.
Nuclear plants
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Texas Project Electric Generating Station | Matagorda County | 28.795556°N 96.048889°W | 2,500 | |
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant | Somervell County | 32.298333°N 97.785°W | 2,208 | |
Utility companies
- Vistra Energy (formerly Energy Future Holdings) (includes Luminant and TXU)
- Oncor Electric Delivery
- NRG Energy includes Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy
- CenterPoint
- Austin Energy*
- Calpine
- CPS Energy*
- El Paso Electric
- Entergy, Texas (Formerly Gulf States Utilities) Is a separate subsidiary of Entergy Corporation
- Lubbock Power and Light*
- Lower Colorado River Authority*
- Luminant
- Panda Energy International
- Quanta Services
- * public utility
Other Energy-related companies in Texas
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