25th largest plant in Texas · 271st nationally
Lamar Power Project is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 1,113 MW. It generates roughly 5.7M MWh per year — enough to power about 538,983 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 58% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 847 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 (1,113 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 | Lamar Power Project |
|---|---|
| Operator | Lafrontera Holdings Llc |
| City | Paris |
| County | Lamar County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 75462 |
| Coordinates | 33.63080, -95.59000 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 204 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| STG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 204 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 176 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 176 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 176 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 176 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CO₂ | 2.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 12 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 613 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 847 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.