12th largest plant in Texas · 143rd nationally
Temple Power Station is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 1,606 MW. It generates roughly 7.2M MWh per year — enough to power about 689,177 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 51% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 931 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 (1,606 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 | Temple Power Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Temple Generation Holdings Llc |
| City | Temple |
| County | Bell County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 76501 |
| Coordinates | 31.05583, -97.31722 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 339 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| STG-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 339 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 232 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| CTG-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 232 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| CTG-3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 232 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CTG-4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 232 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Generation I, Llc | Temple, TX | 10000.0% |
| Temple Generation Ii, Llc | Temple, TX | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 3.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 17 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 201 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 931 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.