87th largest plant in Texas · 703rd nationally
Morgan Creek is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 536 MW. It generates roughly 73.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 7,008 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 2% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Morgan Creek |
|---|---|
| Operator | Luminant Generation Company Llc |
| City | Colorado City |
| County | Mitchell County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 79512 |
| Coordinates | 32.33580, -100.91560 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Conventional Steam Coal | Subbituminous Coal | 800 MW | Cancelled | — |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 518 MW | Retired | 1966 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 170 MW | Retired | 1959 |
| CT1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CT2 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CT3 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CT4 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CT5 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| CT6 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 89.4 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 75.0 MW | Retired | 1954 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 46.0 MW | Retired | 1952 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 18.4 MW | Retired | 1950 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luminant Generation Company Llc | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
| Luminant Gen Co Llc Fin Holding | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| NOₓ | 475 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.