183rd largest plant in Texas · 1166th nationally
Paris Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 266 MW. It generates roughly 809.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 77,096 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 35% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1056 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 (266 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 | Paris Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Paris Generation Lp |
| City | Paris |
| County | Lamar County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 75460 |
| Coordinates | 33.69680, -95.55770 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 90.0 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 87.8 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 87.8 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| CO₂ | 427.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 387 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1056 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.