48th largest plant in Texas · 389th nationally
Mountain Creek is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 852 MW. It generates roughly 605.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 57,643 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 8% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1423 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 (852 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 | Mountain Creek |
|---|---|
| Operator | Mountain Creek Power, Llc |
| City | Dallas |
| County | Dallas County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 75211 |
| Coordinates | 32.72310, -96.93580 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 581 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| 7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 136 MW | Operating | 1958 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 136 MW | Operating | 1956 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 74.9 MW | Retired | 1949 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 31.2 MW | Retired | 1945 |
| CO₂ | 430.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 315 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1423 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.