15th largest plant in Texas · 166th nationally
Cottonwood Energy Company Lp is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 1,434 MW. It generates roughly 5.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 561,605 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 890 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,434 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Cottonwood Energy Company Lp |
|---|---|
| Operator | Nrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc |
| City | Deweyville |
| County | Newton County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77614 |
| Coordinates | 30.25880, -93.73530 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 199 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 199 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 199 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 199 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 160 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 160 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| ST3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 160 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| ST4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 160 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Energy Company Lp | Deweyville, TX | 10000.0% |
| Cleco Corporate Holdings, Llc | Pineville, LA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 2.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 13 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 245 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 890 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.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.