116th largest plant in Texas · 816th nationally
Ray Olinger is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 428 MW. It generates roughly 117.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 11,178 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 3% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1406 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 (428 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 | Ray Olinger |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Garland - (Tx) |
| City | Navada |
| County | Collin County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 75173 |
| Coordinates | 33.06806, -96.45248 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 157 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 113 MW | Operating | 1971 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 82.7 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 75.0 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| CO₂ | 82.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 41 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1406 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.