49th largest plant in Texas · 406th nationally
Wise County Power Llc is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 822 MW. It generates roughly 3.4M MWh per year — enough to power about 319,347 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 840 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 (822 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 | Wise County Power Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Wise County Power Company Llc |
| City | Poolville |
| County | Wise County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 76487 |
| Coordinates | 33.05830, -97.91030 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 300 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 261 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 261 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 198 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 840 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.