16th largest plant in Texas · 190th nationally
Handley is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 1,315 MW. It generates roughly 1.5M MWh per year — enough to power about 144,681 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 13% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1495 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 (1,315 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 | Handley |
|---|---|
| Operator | Constellation Power, Inc |
| City | Fort Worth |
| County | Tarrant County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 76112 |
| Coordinates | 32.72830, -97.21920 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 455 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 455 MW | Operating | 1977 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 405 MW | Operating | 1963 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 74.8 MW | Retired | 1950 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 43.7 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| CO₂ | 1.1M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 6 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 154 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1495 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.