741st largest plant in Texas · 6661st nationally
Robert Mueller Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 6.1 MW. It generates roughly 22.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,166 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 43% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1094 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Robert Mueller Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Austin Energy |
| City | Austin |
| County | Travis County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 78723 |
| Coordinates | 30.30499, -97.70767 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.6 MW | Operating | 2006 |
| DG1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.5 MW | Standby | 2006 |
| CO₂ | 12.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 34 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1094 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.