Stryker Creek

🔥 Natural GasIPP Non-CHP713 MW capacity

59th largest plant in Texas · 489th nationally

Stryker Creek is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 713 MW. It generates roughly 1.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 102,862 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 17% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1306 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%17%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 125.2k MWh (24% of capacity)JFeb: 2.0k MWh (0% of capacity)FMar: 85.6k MWh (16% of capacity)MApr: 69.2k MWh (13% of capacity)AMay: 87.8k MWh (17% of capacity)MJun: 152.1k MWh (30% of capacity)JJul: 154.8k MWh (29% of capacity)JAug: 120.0k MWh (23% of capacity)ASep: 3.7k MWh (1% of capacity)SOct: 22.1k MWh (4% of capacity)ONov: 35.1k MWh (7% of capacity)NDec: 64.3k MWh (12% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (713 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.

Capacity713 MWnameplate
Annual Generation1.1M MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor17%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂705.4kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameStryker Creek
OperatorLuminant Generation Company Llc
CityJacksonville
CountyCherokee County
StateTexas
ZIP75785
Coordinates31.93985, -94.98983

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasSolarBiomass

Generators (7)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
ST2Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas527 MWOperating1965
ST1Natural Gas Steam TurbineNatural Gas177 MWOperating1958
D1Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating1966
D2Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating1966
D3Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating1966
D4Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating1966
D5Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating1966

Emissions (annual)

CO₂705.4k metric tons
SO₂4 metric tons
NOₓ715 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1306 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,306 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionTRE
Balancing AuthorityElectric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc.

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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