Hidalgo County, Texas has 29 power plants totaling 3,015 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Valley Generating Station | Edinburg | Natural Gas | 801 MW | Calpine Corp-Magic Valley |
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Edinburg | Natural Gas | 551 MW | Calpine Corp - Hidalgo |
| Frontera Energy Center | Mission | Natural Gas | 529 MW | Frontera Generation Limited Partnership |
| Hidalgo Wind Farm Llc | Mccook | Wind | 250 MW | Hidalgo Wind Farm Llc |
| Red Gate Power Plant | Edinburg | Natural Gas | 224 MW | South Texas Electric Coop, Inc |
| Anemoi Energy Storage | Edinburg | Battery Storage | 200 MW | Anemoi Energy Storage, Llc |
| Madero Grid | Mission | Other Fossil | 100 MW | Madero Grid, Llc |
| Ignacio Grid Energy Storage System | Mission | Other Fossil | 100 MW | Ignacio Grid, Llc |
| Great Kiskadee Storage | San Juan | Battery Storage | 100 MW | Great Kiskadee Storage, Llc |
| Hidalgo Wind Farm Ii | Edinburg | Wind | 50.4 MW | Hidalgo Wind Farm Ii Llc |
| Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers | Santa Rosa | Biomass | 24.9 MW | Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. |
| Smt Mercedes Llc | Mercedes | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | Smt Mercedes Llc |
| Smt Mission Llc | Mission | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | Smt Mission Llc |
| Smt Alamo Llc | Alamo | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | Smt Alamo Llc |
| Smt Elsa Llc | Elsa | Other Fossil | 10.0 MW | Smt Elsa Llc |
| Val Verde | Donna | Battery Storage | 9.9 MW | Hen Infrastructure, L.l.c. |
| Citrus City Bess | Mission | Battery Storage | 9.9 MW | Prologis Logistics Services Incorporated Bess |
| Citrus City | Mission | Oil | 9.0 MW | Power Depot Group A, Llc |
| Ridge Rd | Alamo | Oil | 9.0 MW | Power Depot Group A, Llc |
| Wal452 | Mcallen | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Walmart Stores Texas, Llc |
| Wal3320 | Palmhurst | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Walmart Stores Texas, Llc |
| Wal3886 | Edinburg | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Walmart Stores Texas, Llc |
| Wal5165 | Alamo | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Walmart Stores Texas, Llc |
| Heb00038 | San Juan | Natural Gas | 1.2 MW | Texas Microgrid, Llc |
| Crane 2 Bess 2 | Mccarney | Battery Storage | — MW | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| Upton Bess 2 | Mccarney | Battery Storage | — MW | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| Jerboa Storage | Nurillo | Battery Storage | — MW | Cypress Creek Renewables |
| Monte Cristo 1 | Monte Alto | Wind | — MW | Terra-Gen Operating Co-Wind |
| Lower Rio Energy Storage | Donna | Battery Storage | — MW | Vesi 38 Llc |
Hidalgo County, Texas has 29 power plants totaling 3,015 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 70% of installed capacity, followed by Battery Storage (11%) and Wind (10%). The largest facility is Magic Valley Generating Station at 801 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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