371st largest plant in Texas · 1860th nationally
Hal C Weaver Power Plant is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 153 MW. It generates roughly 354.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 33,748 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 27% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 592 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (153 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 | Hal C Weaver Power Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | University Of Texas At Austin |
| City | Austin |
| County | Travis County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 78712 |
| Coordinates | 30.28670, -97.73560 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 48.5 MW | Operating | 1987 |
| GEN10 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 34.4 MW | Operating | 2010 |
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1979 |
| GEN9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 27.2 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| GEN6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 12.5 MW | Retired | 1968 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 7.6 MW | Out of Service | 1951 |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | Standby | 1959 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Retired | 1938 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 1.5 MW | Retired | 1933 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 1.5 MW | Retired | 1933 |
| CO₂ | 104.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 229 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 592 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 | 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.