🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants

Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.

Plants2,341operating
Capacity584,770 MWnameplate
Generation1.8B MWhannual

Largest sites

PlantStateCapacityOperator
West County Energy CenterFlorida4,263 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Crystal RiverFlorida3,449 MWDuke Energy Florida, Llc
BarryAlabama3,344 MWAlabama Power Co
ManateeFlorida2,951 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Jack McdonoughGeorgia2,848 MWGeorgia Power Co
Fort MyersFlorida2,681 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
LauderdaleFlorida2,664 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Belews CreekNorth Carolina2,491 MWDuke Energy Carolinas, Llc
MartinFlorida2,449 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Nine Mile PointLouisiana2,440 MWEntergy Louisiana Llc
Union Power StationArkansas2,428 MWEntergy Arkansas Llc
H L Culbreath Bayside Power StationFlorida2,399 MWTampa Electric Co
SanfordFlorida2,378 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Big BendFlorida2,275 MWTampa Electric Co
Hines Energy ComplexFlorida2,266 MWDuke Energy Florida, Llc
Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy ComplexNorth Carolina2,245 MWDuke Energy Progress - (Nc)
Victor J Daniel JrMississippi2,229 MWMississippi Power Co
RavenswoodNew York2,162 MWRavenswood Operations Llc
Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant HybridCalifornia2,148 MWDynegy -Moss Landing Llc
Gulf Clean Energy CenterFlorida2,108 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Guernsey Power StationOhio2,055 MWGuernsey Power Station Llc
Hf Lee PlantNorth Carolina2,048 MWDuke Energy Progress - (Nc)
H Allen Franklin Combined CycleAlabama1,996 MWSouthern Power Co
Forney Energy CenterTexas1,894 MWLafrontera Holdings Llc
Gila River Power Block 4Arizona1,857 MWSalt River Project
Midland Cogeneration VentureMichigan1,854 MWMidland Cogeneration Venture
ParadiseKentucky1,854 MWTennessee Valley Authority
Chalk Point PowerMaryland1,825 MWChalk Point Power, Llc
SabineTexas1,812 MWEntergy Texas Inc.
Aes Alamitos LlcCalifornia1,793 MWAes Alamitos Llc
AllenTennessee1,792 MWTennessee Valley Authority
Greensville County Power StationVirginia1,773 MWVirginia Electric & Power Co
Talenenergy MontourPennsylvania1,758 MWTalenenergy Montour Llc
Lincoln CombustionNorth Carolina1,754 MWDuke Energy Carolinas, Llc
Mystic Generating StationMassachusetts1,744 MWConstellation Mystic Power Llc
Pseg Linden Generating StationNew Jersey1,740 MWLinden Combined Cycle
HaynesCalifornia1,739 MWLos Angeles Department Of Water & Power
Midlothian Energy FacilityTexas1,734 MWMidlothian Energy Llc
Elwood Energy LlcIllinois1,728 MWElwood Energy Llc
Okeechobee Clean Energy CenterFlorida1,723 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
MuskogeeOklahoma1,716 MWOklahoma Gas & Electric Co
V H BraunigTexas1,713 MWCity Of San Antonio - (Tx)
Seminole (Ok)Oklahoma1,701 MWOklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Lagoon CreekTennessee1,625 MWTennessee Valley Authority
Brunner IslandPennsylvania1,616 MWBrunner Island Llc
Ormond BeachCalifornia1,612 MWOrmond Beach Power, Llc
Temple Power StationTexas1,606 MWTemple Generation Holdings Llc
NorthportNew York1,564 MWNational Grid Generation Llc
James E. Rogers Energy ComplexNorth Carolina1,531 MWDuke Energy Carolinas, Llc
Cedar BayouTexas1,530 MWNrg Texas Power Llc
ChesterfieldVirginia1,500 MWVirginia Electric & Power Co
Lackawanna Energy CenterPennsylvania1,499 MWInvenergy Services Llc
CanalMassachusetts1,495 MWCanal Generating Llc
PolkFlorida1,493 MWTampa Electric Co
NortheasternOklahoma1,478 MWPublic Service Co Of Oklahoma
P L BartowFlorida1,476 MWDuke Energy Florida, Llc
Warren CountyVirginia1,472 MWVirginia Electric & Power Co
Brunswick County Power StationVirginia1,472 MWVirginia Electric & Power Co
Chuck Lenzie Generating StationNevada1,466 MWNevada Power Co
York Energy CenterPennsylvania1,449 MWCalpine Mid-Merit Llc
Dania Beach 7Florida1,448 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
R S NelsonLouisiana1,434 MWEntergy Louisiana Llc
Cottonwood Energy Company LpTexas1,434 MWNrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc
Redbud Power PlantOklahoma1,434 MWOklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Hanging Rock Energy FacilityOhio1,430 MWDynegy Hanging Rock Energy Facility
JohnsonvilleTennessee1,426 MWTennessee Valley Authority
Northside Generating StationFlorida1,407 MWJea
Bergen Generating StationNew Jersey1,401 MWBergen Generating Station
Acadia Energy CenterLouisiana1,389 MWCleco Power Llc
Mesquite Generating Station Block 2Arizona1,383 MWMesquite Power Llc
Mcintosh Combined Cycle FacilityGeorgia1,377 MWGeorgia Power Co
Clark (Nve)Nevada1,376 MWNevada Power Co
Kiamichi Energy FacilityOklahoma1,370 MWKiowa Power Partners Llc
Port EvergladesFlorida1,352 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Astoria Generating StationNew York1,345 MWU S Power Generating Company Llc
Fairless Energy CenterPennsylvania1,338 MWEdgewater Generation, Llc
SantanArizona1,326 MWSalt River Project
Joliet 29Illinois1,320 MWMidwest Generations Eme Llc
HandleyTexas1,315 MWConstellation Power, Inc
Doswell Energy CenterVirginia1,313 MWDoswell Ltd Partnership
Cricket Valley EnergyNew York1,313 MWCricket Valley Energy Center Llc
E B Harris Electric Generating PlantAlabama1,304 MWSouthern Power Co
Cpv Three Rivers Energy CenterIllinois1,300 MWCpv Three Rivers, Llc
Cape CanaveralFlorida1,295 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
RivieraFlorida1,295 MWFlorida Power & Light Co
Jackson Generation, LlcIllinois1,289 MWJackson Generation, Llc
Greene CountyAlabama1,288 MWAlabama Power Co
Jack CountyTexas1,280 MWJack County Power, Llc
Harquahala Generating ProjectArizona1,277 MWNew Harquahala Generating Co, Llc
Blue Water Energy CenterMichigan1,267 MWDte Electric Company
Kendall County Generation FacilityIllinois1,256 MWDynegy Kendall Energy Llc
Lake Side Power PlantUtah1,247 MWPacificorp
Astoria EnergyNew York1,245 MWAstoria Energy Llc
Bowline PointNew York1,242 MWBowline, Llc
Wansley Combined CycleGeorgia1,239 MWSouthern Power Co
Lawrenceburg Power, LlcIndiana1,232 MWLawrenceburg Power, Llc
Wolf Hollow IiTexas1,231 MWConstellation Power, Inc
Colorado Bend IiTexas1,230 MWConstellation Power, Inc
Port Washington Generating StationWisconsin1,230 MWWisconsin Electric Power Co
Athens Generating PlantNew York1,222 MWNew Athens Generating Company Llc