Power Plants in Texas

Texas operates 1,368 power plants totaling 186,850 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 43%, followed by Wind (23%) and Solar (14%). The largest plant is W A Parish at 4,008 MW.

Plants1,368operating sites

Capacity186,849 MWnameplate

Generation539.1M MWhannual

CO₂207.2Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 43%Wind 23%Solar 14%Coal 11%Nuclear 3%Battery Storage 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Texas operates another 1248 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Texas

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
W A Parish	Thompsons	Coal	4,008 MW
South Texas Project	Wadsworth	Nuclear	2,709 MW
Comanche Peak	Glen Rose	Nuclear	2,430 MW
Martin Lake	Tatum	Coal	2,380 MW
Forney Energy Center	Forney	Natural Gas	1,894 MW
Limestone	Jewett	Coal	1,850 MW
Sabine	Orange	Natural Gas	1,812 MW
Oak Grove (Tx)	Franklin	Coal	1,795 MW
Midlothian Energy Facility	Midlothian	Natural Gas	1,734 MW
V H Braunig	Elmendorf	Natural Gas	1,713 MW
Fayette Power Project	La Grange	Coal	1,690 MW
Temple Power Station	Temple	Natural Gas	1,606 MW
Cedar Bayou	Baytown	Natural Gas	1,530 MW
J K Spruce	San Antonio	Coal	1,489 MW
Cottonwood Energy Company Lp	Deweyville	Natural Gas	1,434 MW
Handley	Fort Worth	Natural Gas	1,315 MW
Jack County	Bridgeport	Natural Gas	1,280 MW
Wolf Hollow Ii	Granbury	Natural Gas	1,231 MW
Colorado Bend Ii	Wharton	Natural Gas	1,230 MW
T H Wharton	Houston	Natural Gas	1,190 MW
Deer Park Energy Center	Deer Park	Natural Gas	1,176 MW
Odessa-Ector Power Plant	Odessa	Natural Gas	1,153 MW
Tolk	Muleshoe	Coal	1,136 MW
Welsh	Pittsburg	Coal	1,116 MW
Lamar Power Project	Paris	Natural Gas	1,113 MW
Newman	El Paso	Natural Gas	1,110 MW
Guadalupe Generating Station	Marion	Natural Gas	1,088 MW
Barney M Davis	Corpus Christi	Natural Gas	1,082 MW
Harrington	Amarillo	Coal	1,080 MW
Freestone Energy Center	Fairfield	Natural Gas	1,036 MW
Great Prairie Wind	Gruver	Wind	1,027 MW
Sandy Creek Energy Station	Riesel	Coal	1,008 MW
Montgomery County	Willis	Natural Gas	1,000 MW
Hays Energy Project	San Marcos	Natural Gas	989 MW
Rio Nogales Power Project	Seguin	Natural Gas	940 MW
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station	Shiro	Natural Gas	940 MW
Tenaska Gateway Generating Station	Mt. Enterprise	Natural Gas	940 MW
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd	Point Comfort	Natural Gas	933 MW
Baytown Energy Center	Baytown	Natural Gas	933 MW
J T Deely	San Antonio	Coal	932 MW
Lake Hubbard	Sunnyvale	Natural Gas	928 MW
Channel Energy Center Llc	Pasadena	Other Fossil	924 MW
Channelview Cogeneration Plant	Channelview	Natural Gas	918 MW
O W Sommers	San Antonio	Natural Gas	892 MW
Wilkes	Avinger	Natural Gas	882 MW
Green Power 2	Texas City	Natural Gas	861 MW
Jones	Lubbock	Natural Gas	860 MW
Mountain Creek	Dallas	Natural Gas	852 MW
Wise County Power Llc	Poolville	Natural Gas	822 MW
Pasadena Cogeneration	Pasadena	Natural Gas	815 MW

By county

Harris County87 plants · 10,078 MW Fort Bend County27 plants · 6,610 MW Bexar County33 plants · 5,974 MW Brazoria County49 plants · 5,404 MW Wharton County17 plants · 4,577 MW Rusk County3 plants · 3,319 MW Pecos County32 plants · 3,225 MW Nueces County18 plants · 3,085 MW Chambers County9 plants · 3,035 MW Hidalgo County29 plants · 3,014 MW Matagorda County10 plants · 2,880 MW Limestone County9 plants · 2,855 MW Nolan County20 plants · 2,761 MW Hood County3 plants · 2,646 MW Galveston County23 plants · 2,632 MW Lamar County14 plants · 2,547 MW Ector County19 plants · 2,495 MW Orange County5 plants · 2,454 MW Somervell County2 plants · 2,430 MW Scurry County12 plants · 2,410 MW Ellis County9 plants · 2,366 MW Bell County20 plants · 2,341 MW Guadalupe County9 plants · 2,280 MW Wise County6 plants · 2,237 MW Robertson County6 plants · 2,194 MW San Patricio County10 plants · 2,149 MW Kaufman County4 plants · 2,090 MW Fayette County3 plants · 1,932 MW Bastrop County5 plants · 1,850 MW Upton County7 plants · 1,815 MW Dallas County23 plants · 1,809 MW Calhoun County8 plants · 1,785 MW Webb County17 plants · 1,769 MW El Paso County13 plants · 1,764 MW Harrison County5 plants · 1,763 MW Travis County21 plants · 1,619 MW Potter County3 plants · 1,554 MW Montgomery County8 plants · 1,551 MW Newton County2 plants · 1,514 MW Borden County9 plants · 1,475 MW Tarrant County29 plants · 1,475 MW Sterling County7 plants · 1,473 MW Lamb County2 plants · 1,472 MW Hale County4 plants · 1,444 MW Willacy County7 plants · 1,444 MW Cameron County22 plants · 1,395 MW Jefferson County10 plants · 1,393 MW Haskell County15 plants · 1,380 MW Young County4 plants · 1,342 MW Andrews County9 plants · 1,297 MW Mclennan County12 plants · 1,278 MW Hansford County5 plants · 1,243 MW Carson County11 plants · 1,211 MW Starr County12 plants · 1,146 MW Lubbock County6 plants · 1,116 MW Titus County2 plants · 1,116 MW Denton County13 plants · 1,110 MW Grimes County4 plants · 1,091 MW Kenedy County7 plants · 1,075 MW Wilbarger County9 plants · 1,045 MW Freestone County7 plants · 1,036 MW Bosque County10 plants · 1,029 MW Crockett County4 plants · 1,024 MW Yoakum County4 plants · 1,016 MW Concho County5 plants · 1,000 MW Hays County1 plants · 989 MW Victoria County12 plants · 987 MW Navarro County15 plants · 985 MW Taylor County6 plants · 971 MW Knox County4 plants · 954 MW Milam County14 plants · 940 MW Grayson County8 plants · 929 MW Glasscock County9 plants · 905 MW Marion County1 plants · 882 MW Goliad County6 plants · 877 MW Mills County5 plants · 849 MW Tom Green County9 plants · 817 MW Bee County6 plants · 808 MW Floyd County5 plants · 761 MW Oldham County5 plants · 755 MW Frio County5 plants · 734 MW Howard County10 plants · 719 MW Cherokee County1 plants · 713 MW Deaf Smith County6 plants · 709 MW Lynn County4 plants · 699 MW Mitchell County6 plants · 686 MW Hill County16 plants · 651 MW Llano County2 plants · 629 MW Callahan County4 plants · 627 MW Palo Pinto County2 plants · 613 MW Collin County13 plants · 583 MW Reeves County13 plants · 582 MW Eastland County6 plants · 582 MW Hopkins County7 plants · 578 MW Ward County5 plants · 577 MW Shackelford County3 plants · 565 MW Henderson County7 plants · 536 MW Coke County4 plants · 526 MW Fisher County4 plants · 508 MW Crane County4 plants · 503 MW Swisher County4 plants · 500 MW Falls County5 plants · 490 MW Kent County4 plants · 482 MW Culberson County4 plants · 481 MW Cooke County6 plants · 477 MW Dawson County4 plants · 463 MW Zapata County6 plants · 440 MW Atascosa County4 plants · 410 MW Baylor County3 plants · 380 MW Jack County4 plants · 380 MW Hunt County8 plants · 372 MW Crosby County6 plants · 367 MW Foard County2 plants · 352 MW Gregg County1 plants · 351 MW Briscoe County2 plants · 350 MW Dickens County4 plants · 350 MW Mcculloch County3 plants · 340 MW Kinney County6 plants · 339 MW Throckmorton County2 plants · 329 MW Brown County2 plants · 320 MW Hutchinson County6 plants · 313 MW Reagan County2 plants · 309 MW Delta County2 plants · 304 MW Uvalde County8 plants · 303 MW Irion County1 plants · 302 MW Red River County3 plants · 300 MW Roberts County2 plants · 288 MW Johnson County1 plants · 282 MW Brazos County4 plants · 279 MW Castro County4 plants · 276 MW Armstrong County1 plants · 265 MW Franklin County4 plants · 250 MW Winkler County1 plants · 250 MW Ochiltree County1 plants · 249 MW Childress County3 plants · 240 MW Parmer County1 plants · 230 MW Archer County3 plants · 228 MW Val Verde County8 plants · 226 MW Refugio County1 plants · 220 MW Comal County3 plants · 217 MW Fannin County5 plants · 216 MW Williamson County7 plants · 214 MW Dimmit County3 plants · 209 MW Clay County2 plants · 204 MW Jones County7 plants · 201 MW Hardeman County5 plants · 200 MW Comanche County2 plants · 200 MW Schleicher County1 plants · 199 MW Polk County2 plants · 176 MW Donley County1 plants · 174 MW Hardin County3 plants · 173 MW San Jacinto County2 plants · 170 MW Randall County2 plants · 166 MW Erath County4 plants · 163 MW Jackson County7 plants · 150 MW Cochran County2 plants · 150 MW Bailey County2 plants · 148 MW Midland County1 plants · 140 MW Brewster County2 plants · 123 MW Martin County1 plants · 120 MW Jasper County3 plants · 117 MW Nacogdoches County2 plants · 114 MW Liberty County2 plants · 109 MW Burnet County4 plants · 108 MW Hamilton County1 plants · 100 MW Mason County1 plants · 100 MW Moore County7 plants · 98 MW Wichita County4 plants · 86 MW Jim Hogg County2 plants · 78 MW Cass County1 plants · 65 MW Van Zandt County2 plants · 59 MW Colorado County1 plants · 51 MW Tyler County2 plants · 49 MW Maverick County5 plants · 30 MW Sherman County2 plants · 20 MW Brooks County2 plants · 19 MW Angelina County5 plants · 19 MW Kimble County2 plants · 19 MW Austin County5 plants · 11 MW Karnes County1 plants · 10 MW Presidio County1 plants · 10 MW La Salle County2 plants · 9 MW Menard County1 plants · 7 MW Wilson County9 plants · 7 MW Gonzales 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