Antelope Station

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility167 MW capacity

351st largest plant in Texas · 1770th nationally

Antelope Station is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 167 MW. It generates roughly 255.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 24,374 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 17% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 4229 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%17%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity167 MWnameplate
Annual Generation255.9k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor17%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂541.2kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameAntelope Station
OperatorGolden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
CityAbernathy
CountyHale County
StateTexas
ZIP79311
Coordinates33.86500, -101.84333

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Generators (18)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
E01Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E02Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E03Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E04Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E05Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E06Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E07Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E08Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E09Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E10Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E11Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E12Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E13Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E14Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E15Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E16Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E17Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011
E18Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNatural Gas9.3 MWOperating2011

Emissions (annual)

CO₂541.2k metric tons
SO₂3 metric tons
NOₓ117 metric tons
CO₂ Rate4229 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWhThis plant4,229 lb/MWh

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionMRO
Balancing AuthoritySouthwest Power Pool

About Natural Gas 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.

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