68th largest plant in Texas · 581st nationally
Decordova Steam Electric Station is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 627 MW. It generates roughly 95.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 9,095 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 2% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Decordova Steam Electric Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Luminant Generation Company Llc |
| City | Granbury |
| County | Hood County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 76048 |
| Coordinates | 32.40306, -97.70056 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 799 MW | Retired | 1975 |
| BESS | Batteries | Battery | 269 MW | Operating | 2022 |
| CT5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 236 MW | Cancelled | — |
| CT6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 236 MW | Cancelled | — |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luminant Generation Company Llc | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
| Decordova Power Company Llc | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
| Decordova Ll Power Company Llc | Dallas, TX | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| NOₓ | 237 metric tons |
|---|
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 | TRE |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Electric Reliability Council Of Texas, 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.