54th largest plant in Texas · 434th nationally
Wolf Hollow I Lp is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 788 MW. It generates roughly 3.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 294,577 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 45% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 899 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 (788 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 | Wolf Hollow I Lp |
|---|---|
| Operator | Wolf Hollow I Power, Llc |
| City | Granbury |
| County | Hood County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 76048 |
| Coordinates | 32.33422, -97.73169 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 301 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 244 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 244 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 290 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 899 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.