List of power stations in Texas

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh.^[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 51.1% natural gas, 22.2% wind, 13.2% coal, 7.5% nuclear, 5.1% solar, 0.4% other gases, 0.2% biomass, 0.2% hydroelectric and 0.1% other sources. Small-scale photovoltaic installations generated an additional 4,337 GWh to the Texas electrical grid in 2023.^[1]

Sources of Texas utility-scale electricity generation,
full-year 2023:^[1]

1. Natural gas (51.1%)
2. Wind (22.2%)
3. Coal (13.2%)
4. Nuclear (7.50%)
5. Solar (5.10%)
6. Other gases (0.40%)
7. Biomass (0.20%)
8. Hydroelectric (0.20%)
9. Other (0.10%)

Texas produces and consumes far more electrical energy than any other U.S. state. It generates almost twice as much electricity as the next highest generating state, Florida. Texas has an expanding variety of generating sources to meet consumption growth. Installed wind capacity grew to 35,000 MW and solar capacity grew to 10,300 MW at the end of 2021.^[3] Wind generation exceeded nuclear in 2014, and was near to surpassing coal in the number two position in 2019.^[1] Fossil-fuel and nuclear generation has remained nearly constant over the past two decades, with natural gas gradually replacing coal.^[1][4]

Texas oil extraction operations in year 2019 included the flaring of 250 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas, with much of it concentrated in the Permian basin near Midland.^[5] This amount of wasted natural gas could have met all of the state's residential heating and cooking needs,^[6][7] or could have generated an amount of electrical energy nearly equal to the state's 40,000 GWh of nuclear generation.^[8][9]

Texas electricity generation by type, 2001-2024

Texas power grid

Houston

Dallas

San Antonio

Austin

El Paso

Martin Lake

Monticello

Spruce

Denison

Comanche Peak

South Texas

Channel

Roscoe

Horse Hollow

Capricorn Ridge

Sabine

Forney

Midlothian

Brazos

Jones

Plant X

Decker

Tolk

Wildorado

Oak Grove

Fayette

Limestone

W.A. Parish

Location of power stations in Texas
nuclear, gas, hydroelectric, coal, wind / solar / biomass
cities

Nuclear power stations

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs
South Texas Project Electric Generating Station	Matagorda County	28.795556°N 96.048889°W / 28.795556; -96.048889 (South Texas Project Electric Generating Station)	2,500
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant	Somervell County	32.298333°N 97.785°W / 32.298333; -97.785 (Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant)	2,208

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[10]

Coal and lignite

A useful map^[11] of coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Year opened	Scheduled retirement	Refs
Coleto Creek	Fannin	28°42′46″N 97°12′51″W	622	1980	Scheduled to close by 2027	[12]
Fayette	La Grange, in Fayette County	29°55′02″N 97°14′58″W	1,690	1979 (615MW) 1980 (615MW) 1988 (460MW)		[13]
Harrington	Potter County	35°17′50″N 101°44′51″W	1,080	1976 (360MW) 1978 (360MW) 1980 (360MW)	Convert to natural gas by 2025	[14]
J.K. Spruce	Bexar County	29°18′27″N 98°19′25″W	1,444	1992 (566MW) 2010 (878MW)		[12]
Limestone	Jewett	31°25′27″N 96°15′13″W	1,850	1985 (893MW) 1986 (957MW)		[15]
Major Oak Power	Robertson County	31°5′29″N 96°41′34″W	349	1990 (150MW) 1991 (150MW)		[16]
Martin Lake	Rusk County	32°15′35″N 94°34′13″W	2,380	1977 (793MW) 1978 (793MW) 1979 (793MW)		[17][12]
Oak Grove	Robertson County	31°10′48″N 96°29′30″W	1,796	2010 (917MW) 2011 (879MW)		[18]
Pirkey	Hallsville	32°27′37″N 94°29′11″W	721	1985	Scheduled to close in 2023[19]	[12]
San Miguel Lignite Powerplant	Christine	28°42′15″N 98°28′38″W	391	1982		[20][21]
Sandy Creek	Riesel	31°28′29″N 96°57′23″W	1,008	2013		[12]
Tolk	Lamb County	34°11′05″N 102°35′53″W	1,136	1982 (568MW) 1985 (568MW)	Scheduled to close by 2032	[12]
W. A. Parish (units 5 to 8)	Fort Bend County	29°28′34″N 95°38′0″W	2,736	1977 (734MW) 1978 (734MW) 1980 (614MW) 1982 (654MW)		[12]
Welsh	Mount Pleasant	33°03′17″N 94°50′24″W	1,116	1977 (558MW) 1982 (558MW)	To cease using coal in 2028[19]	[12][22]

Defunct

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Decommissioned	Refs
Big Brown	Freestone County	31°49′14″N 96°03′22″W	1,186	2018	[23]
Gibbons Creek	Grimes County	30°37′9″N 96°4′54″W	453	2018	[12][24]
J.T. Deely	Bexar County	29°18′25″N 98°19′12″W	932	2018	[12]
Monticello	Titus County	33°05′28″N 95°02′17″W	1,980	2018	[12]
Oklaunion	Wilbarger County	34°4′57″N 99°10′34″W	650	2020	[12]
Sandow	Milam County	30°33′51″N 97°03′50″W	1,252	2018	[12][25][26]

Natural gas

Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration.^[10] Additional data sources:^[27][28][29]

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation type	Year opened	Refs
Arthur von Rosenburg	Bexar County	29.2570°N 98.3840°W / 29.2570; -98.3840 (Arthur von Rosenburg)	518.0	2x1 combined cycle	2000
Antelope Elk Energy Center	Abernathy, Texas	33.8632°N 101.8431°W / 33.8632; -101.8431 (Antelope Elk Energy Center)	738.0	Reciprocating engine (x18) simple cycle (x3)	2011 (157MW) 2016 (581MW)
Barney M Davis	Nueces County	27.6064°N 97.3117°W / 27.6064; -97.3117 (Barney M Davis)	938.0	Steam turbine 2x1 combined cycle	1974 (300MW) 2010 (638MW)
Bastrop Energy Center	Bastrop County	30.1458°N 97.5500°W / 30.1458; -97.5500 (Bastrop Energy Center)	540.0	2x1 combined cycle	2002	[29]
Baytown Energy Center	Chambers County	29.7731°N 94.9019°W / 29.7731; -94.9019 (Baytown EC)	800.0	3x1 combined cycle	2002
Bacliff	Galveston County	29.4923°N 94.9848°W / 29.4923; -94.9848 (Bacliff)	324.0	Simple cycle (x6)	2018
Bayou Cogen	Harris County	29.6225°N 95.0458°W / 29.6225; -95.0458 (Bayou Cogen)	300.0	Simple cycle (x4)	2014-2016
Black Hawk	Hutchinson County	35.6957°N 101.3600°W / 35.6957; -101.3600 (Black Hawk Station)	225.0	Simple cycle	1991/2005	[28]
Bosque County Peaking	Bosque County	27.6064°N 97.3117°W / 27.6064; -97.3117 (Barney M Davis)	758.0	3x2 combined cycle	2001/2010
C R Wing Cogen	Howard County	32.2732°N 101.4224°W / 32.2732; -101.4224 (C R Wing Cogen)	212.0	2x1 combined cycle	1987
Cedar Bayou	Chambers County	29.7500°N 94.9256°W / 29.7500; -94.9256 (Cedar Bayou)	1,495.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1970/1972
Cedar Bayou 4	Chambers County	29.7516°N 94.9231°W / 29.7516; -94.9231 (Cedar Bayou)	502.0	2x1 combined cycle	2009
Channel Energy Center	Pasadena	29.7189°N 95.2319°W / 29.7189; -95.2319 (Channel EC)	768.0	3x1 combined cycle	2002/2014	[30]
Channelview	Harris County	29°50′08″N 95°07′27″W	830.0	4x1 combined cycle	2002	[31][29]
Colorado Bend Energy Center	Wharton, Tx	29.2878°N 96.0683°W / 29.2878; -96.0683 (Colorado Bend EC)	484.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2002/2008	[32][33][29]
Colorado Bend II	Wharton County	29.2894°N 96.0654°W / 29.2894; -96.0654 (Colorado Bend II)	1,140.0	2x1 combined cycle	2017
Corpus Christi Energy Center	Nueces County	30.2588°N 93.7353°W / 30.2588; -93.7353 (Corpus Christi EC)	469.0	2x1 combined cycle	2002
Cottonwood Energy Center	Newton County	30.2588°N 93.7353°W / 30.2588; -93.7353 (Cottonwood EC)	1,180.0	1x1 combined cycle (x4)	2003
Decker Creek Power Station	Austin	30.3033°N 97.6128°W / 30.3033; -97.6128 (Decker Creek Power Station)	928.0	Steam turbine (x2) simple cycle (x4)	1975/1978 (724MW) 2008 (204MW)	[27]
DeCordova	Hood County	32.4031°N 97.7006°W / 32.4031; -97.7006 (DeCordova Station)	282.0	Simple cycle (x4)	1990	[28]
Deer Park	Harris County	29°42′55″N 95°08′10″W	830.0	5x1 combined cycle	2004/2014	[34][29]
Eastman Cogen Facility	Harrison County	32.4481°N 94.6903°W / 32.4481; -94.6903 (Eastman Cogen)	410.0	2x1 combined cycle	2001
Ennis	Ellis County	32.3200°N 96.6750°W / 32.3200; -96.6750 (Ennis)	360.0	1x1 combined cycle	2002	[28]
ExxonMobil Baytown	Harris County	29.7591°N 95.0096°W / 29.7591; -95.0096 (Exxon Baytown)	454.0	Simple cycle (x9)	1977-2004
ExxonMobil Beaumont	Jefferson County	30.0636°N 94.0753°W / 30.0636; -94.0753 (Exxon Beaumont)	605.0	Steam turbine (x5) simple cycle (x4)	1966-1993 (138MW) 1993-2005 (467MW)
Formosa Utility Venture	Newton County	30.2588°N 93.7353°W / 30.2588; -93.7353 (Cottonwood EC)	597.3	7x3 combined cycle	1994/2003
Forney Energy Center	Kaufman County	32°45′46″N 96°29′00″W	1,784.0	6x2 combined cycle	2003	[35]
Freeport Energy	Brazoria County	28.9913°N 95.4075°W / 28.9913; -95.4075 (Freeport Energy)	516.0	Simple cycle 2x1 combined cycle (x2)	1978 (59MW) 1982-1984 (457MW)
Freeport Energy Center	Brazoria County	28.9888°N 95.3954°W / 28.9888; -95.3954 (Freeport EC)	219.4	1x1 combined cycle	2007
Freestone[36]	Freestone County	31.8907°N 96.1131°W / 31.8907; -96.1131 (Freestone)	951.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2002	[28]
Galveston Power Station 4	Galveston County	29.3782°N 94.9219°W / 29.3782; -94.9219 (Galveston Station 4)	172.0	2x1 combined cycle	1986
Graham	Young County	33.1344°N 98.6117°W / 33.1344; -98.6117 (Graham)	624.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1960/1969	[27]
Green Power	Galveston County	29.3781°N 95.9327°W / 29.3781; -95.9327 (Green Power)	624.0	3x2 combined cycle	2003/2009
Greens Bayou	Harris County	29.8222°N 95.2194°W / 29.8222; -95.2194 (Greens Bayou)	330.0	Simple cycle (x6)	1976
Gregory	San Patricio County	27.8893°N 97.2584°W / 27.8893; -97.2584 (Gregory Power Plant)	550.0	2x1 combined cycle	2000
Guadalupe	Guadalupe County	29°37′32″N 98°08′28″W	1,000.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2000	[37][29]
Hal C Weaver	UT-Austin	30.2867°N 97.7356°W / 30.2867; -97.7356 (Hal C Weaver)	146.8	1x1 combined cycle 1x3 combined cycle	2004 (72.6MW) 2010 (74.2MW)
Handley	Tarrant County	32.7283°N 97.2192°W / 32.7283; -97.2192 (Handley)	1,265.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1963/1977	[27]
Harrison County	Harrison County	32.3958°N 94.4367°W / 32.3958; -94.4367 (Harrison County)	514.4	2x1 combined cycle	2002
Hays Energy Project	Hays County	29°46′50″N 97°59′22″W	1,100.0	Combined cycle (x4)	2004	[38][29]
Hidalgo Energy Center	Hidalgo County	26.3417°N 98.1758°W / 26.3417; -98.1758 (Hidalgo EC)	470.0	2x1 combined cycle	2000
Houston Chemical Complex	Harris County	29.7314°N 95.0839°W / 29.7314; -95.0839 (Houston Chem Complex)	263.0	3x1 combined cycle	1982/2005
Ingleside Cogen	San Patricio County	27.8828°N 97.2428°W / 27.8828; -97.2428 (Ingleside Cogen)	310.0	1x1 combined cycle	1999
J Robert Massengale	Lubbock County	33.6039°N 101.8408°W / 33.6039; -101.8408 (JR Massengale)	74.0	2x1 combined cycle	1957/2000
Jack County	Wise County	31.8907°N 96.1131°W / 31.8907; -96.1131 (Freestone)	1,240.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2006/2011	[29]
Jack Fusco Energy Center Brazos Valley	Fort Bend County	29.4731°N 95.6244°W / 29.4731; -95.6244 (Jack Fusco EC)	520.0	2x1 combined cycle	2003	[29]
Johnson County	Johnson County	32.3994°N 97.4078°W / 32.3994; -97.4078 (Gregory Power Plant)	267.0	1x1 combined cycle	1996
Jones Generating Station	Lubbock County	33°31′27.5″N 101°44′23″W	820.0	Steam turbine (x2) simple cycle (x2)	1971/1974 (486MW) 2011/2013 (334MW)	[39]
Knox Lee Power Station	Gregg County	32.3770976°N 94.6413185°W / 32.3770976; -94.6413185 (Knox Lee Power Station)	501.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1950/1952/1974	[40]
Lake Hubbard	Dallas County	32.8358°N 96.5458°W / 32.8358; -96.5458 (Lake Hubbard)	915.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1970/1973	[27]
Lamar Power Project	Lamar County	33.6308°N 95.5900°W / 33.6308; -95.5900 (Lamar Project)	1,036.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2000
Lewis Creek	Montgomery County	30.4356°N 95.5210°W / 30.4356; -95.5210 (Lewis Creek)	503.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1970/1971
Lost Pines 1	Bastrop County	30.1478°N 97.2714°W / 30.1478; -97.2714 (Lost Pines)	511.0	2x1 combined cycle	2001	[41]
Magic Valley	Hidalgo County	26.3403°N 98.1900°W / 26.3403; -98.1900 (Magic Valley)	682.0	2x1 combined cycle	2002
Midlothian	Ellis County	32°25′48″N 97°03′18″W	1,734.0	Combined cycle (x6)	2000/2001	[28][42]
Montana Station	El Paso County	31.8239°N 106.2119°W / 31.8239; -106.2119 (Montana Station)	352.0	Simple cycle (x4)	2015/2016
Morgan Creek	Mitchell County	32.3358°N 100.9156°W / 32.3358; -100.9156 (Morgan Creek)	402.0	Simple cycle (x6)	1988
Mountain Creek	Dallas County	32.7231°N 96.9358°W / 32.7231; -96.9358 (Mountain Creek)	808.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1956/1958/1967	[27]
Mustang	Yoakum County	32.9728°N 102.7417°W / 32.9728; -102.7417 (Mustang)	913.0	2x1 combined cycle simple cycle (x3)	1999/2000 (463MW) 2006-2013 (450MW)	[28]
Newman	El Paso County	31.9836°N 106.4318°W / 31.9836; -106.4318 (Newman)	550.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	1975/2011
Nichols	Potter County	35.2825°N 101.7468°W / 35.2825; -101.7468 (Nichols Generating Station)	457.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1960/1962/1968	[28][43]
Nueces Bay	Nueces County	27.8194°N 97.4192°W / 27.8194; -97.4192 (Nueces Bay)	638.0	2x1 combined cycle	1972/2010
Odessa Ector	Ector County	31°50′16″N 102°19′40″W	1,135.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2001	[28][44]
Optim Energy Altura	Harris County	29.8161°N 95.1077°W / 29.8161; -95.1077 (Optim Altura)	540.0	6x1 combined cycle	1986
O W Sommers	Bexar County	29.3081°N 98.3242°W / 29.3081; -98.3242 (OW Sommers)	830.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1972/1974
Oyster Creek	Brazoria County	28.9802°N 95.3420°W / 28.9802; -95.3420 (Oyster Creek)	425.0	3x1 combined cycle	1994
Paris Energy Center	Lamar County	27.8893°N 97.2584°W / 27.8893; -97.2584 (Gregory Power Plant)	236.0	2x1 combined cycle	1989
Pasadena Cogen	Harris County	29.7247°N 95.1765°W / 29.7247; -95.1765 (Pasadena Cogen)	720.0	1x1 combined cycle 2x1 combined cycle	1998 (225MW) 2000 (495MW)
Permian Basin	Ward County	31.5839°N 102.9633°W / 31.5839; -102.9633 (Permian Basin)	321.0	Simple cycle (x5)	1988/1990
Plant X	Lamb County	34°09′57″N 102°24′38″W	442.0	Steam turbine (x4)	1952-1964
Port Arthur Air Products	Jefferson County	29.8665°N 93.9651°W / 29.8665; -93.9651 (Port Arthur Air Products)	138.4	Simple cycle (x3)	2006-2012
Port Arthur Refinery	Jefferson County	29.8885°N 93.9510°W / 29.8885; -93.9510 (Port Arthur Refinery)	550.0	5x3 combined cycle	1957-2011
Quail Run Energy Center	Ector County	31.8414°N 102.3150°W / 31.8414; -102.3150 (Quail Run EC)	472.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2002/2007
R W Miller	Palo Pinto County	32.6581°N 98.3103°W / 32.6581; -98.3103 (RW Miller)	574.0	Steam turbine (x3) simple cycle (x2)	1968-1975 (366MW) 1994 (208MW)
Ray Olinger	Collin County	33.0681°N 96.4525°W / 33.0681; -96.4525 (Ray Olinger)	320.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1967/1971/1976
Rio Nogales	Seguin, Texas	29°35′36″N 97°58′25″W	800.0	3x1 combined cycle	2002	[29]
Roland C. Dansby	Brazos County	30.7217°N 96.4608°W / 30.7217; -96.4608 (Dansby)	204.2	Steam turbine simple cycle (x2)	1978 (110MW) 2004/2010 (94.2MW)	[45]
Sabine / Sabine River Works	Orange County	30°01′27″N 93°52′30″W	2,124.0	Steam turbine (x4) 1x1 combined cycle 2x1 combined cycle (x2)	1962-1979 (1,530MW) 1987 (87MW) 2001 (507MW)	[27][46]
Sam Bertron	Harris County	29°43′35″N 95°03′33″W	875			[27]
Sam Rayburn	Victoria County	28.8947°N 97.1350°W / 28.8947; -97.1350 (Sam Rayburn)	205.0	Simple cycle (x2) 3x1 combined cycle	1963 (21MW) 2003 (184MW)	[29]
San Jacinto	Harris County	29.6948°N 95.0406°W / 29.6948; -95.0406 (San Jacinto)	162.0	Simple cycle (x2)	1995
Sherman	Grayson County	33.5779°N 96.6151°W / 33.5779; -96.6151 (Panda Sherman)	758.0	2x1 combined cycle	2014	[47][48]
Sim Gideon	Bastrop County	30.1456°N 97.2708°W / 30.1456; -97.2708 (Sim Gideon)	608.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1965/1968/1972	[49]
Sand Hill Energy Center	Travis County	30.209°N 97.613°W / 30.209; -97.613 (Sand Hill Energy Center)	596.0	Simple cycle (x6) 1x1 combined cycle	2001/2010 (284MW) 2004 (312MW)	[29]
Stryker Creek	Cherokee County	31.9398°N 94.9898°W / 31.9398; -94.9898 (Stryker Creek)	669.0	Steam turbine (x2)	1958/1965
Sweeny Cogen	Brazoria County	29.0728°N 95.7450°W / 29.0728; -95.7450 (Sweeny Cogen)	436.0	Simple cycle (x4)	1997/2000
T H Wharton	Harris County	29.9417°N 95.5306°W / 29.9417; -95.5306 (T H Wharton)	1,025.0	Simple cycle x4x1 combined cycle (x2)	1967/1975 (361MW) 1972/1974 (664MW)
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station	Grimes County	30.5924°N 95.9178°W / 30.5924; -95.9178 (Tenaska Frontier)	860.0	3x1 combined cycle	2000
Tenaska Gateway Generation Station[50]	Rusk County	32.0184097°N 94.6192779°W / 32.0184097; -94.6192779 (Tenaska Gateway Generation Station)	845.0	3x1 combined cycle	2001	[51]
Temple 1&2	Bell County	31.0568°N 97.3160°W / 31.0568; -97.3160 (Temple 1&2)	1,500.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2014/2015	[52][53][54][55]
Texas City Cogen	Galveston County	29.3787°N 94.9439°W / 29.3787; -94.9439 (Texas City)	451.0	3x1 combined cycle	1987
Thomas C. Ferguson	Llano County	30°33′27″N 98°22′20″W	516.0	2x1 combined cycle	2014	[56]
V H Braunig	Bexar County	29.2567°N 98.3825°W / 29.2567; -98.3825 (V H Braunig)	1,050.0	Steam turbine (x3) simple cycle (x4)	1966-1973 (859MW) 2010 (191MW)
Victoria	Victoria County	28.7883°N 97.0100°W / 28.7883; -97.0100 (Victoria)	300.0	1x1 combined cycle	1963/2009
W. A. Parish	Fort Bend County	29°28′34″N 95°38′0″W	1,043.0	Steam turbine (x4) simple cycle (x2)	1958-1968 (956MW) 1967/2013 (87MW)
Wilkes	Marion County	32°50′53″N 94°32′52″W	879.0	Steam turbine (x3)	1964/1970/1971
Winchester Power Park	Fayette County	30.0381°N 96.9875°W / 30.0381; -96.9875 (Winchester Power Park)	176.0	Simple cycle (x4)	2010	[57]
Wise County	Wise County	33.0583°N 97.9103°W / 33.0583; -97.9103 (Wise County)	670.0	2x1 combined cycle	2004
Wolf Hollow 1	Hood County	32°20′05″N 97°44′04″W	750.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2003	[28][58]
Wolf Hollow 2	Hood County	32.340666°N 97.733998°W / 32.340666; -97.733998 (Wolf Hollow 2)	1200.0	2x1 combined cycle (x2)	2017	[28][59]

Defunct

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Decommissioned	Refs
Eagle Mountain	Tarrant County	32.9056°N 97.4792°W / 32.9056; -97.4792 (Eagle Mountain)	696	2005	[27][60]
Paint Creek	Haskell County	33°04′46″N 99°34′51″W	218	2002	[61]
P.H. Robinson	Galveston County	29°29′15″N 94°58′46″W	2,316	2009	[62]

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[10]

Biomass

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs
Nacogdoches Generating Facility	Nacogdoches County	31.8321°N 94.9006°W / 31.8321; -94.9006 (Nacogdoches Generating Facility)	100	[63]
Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers	Santa Rosa	26°16′11″N 97°52′0″W	23.5	[64]
Snider Industries	Marshall	32°34′45″N 94°22′27″W	5	[64]
Texarkana Mill	Cass County	33°15′27″N 94°04′17″W	65	[65]
Woodville Renewable Power	Woodville	30°44′56″N 94°26′10″W	49	[64]

Defunct

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Decommissioned	Refs
Aspen Biomass Power Plant	Lufkin	31°22′9″N 94°44′22″W	44	2016	[66]

Hydroelectric dams

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Texas

Name	Location	Type	Capacity (MW)	Operator	Year opened	Refs
Amistad Dam	Val Verde County, Texas	Hydro	132	International Boundary and Water Commission	1969	[67]
Buchanan Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	Hydro	48	Lower Colorado River Authority	1937	[68]
Denison Dam	Bryan County, Oklahoma / Grayson County, Texas	Hydro	80	United States Army Corps of Engineers	1945	[68]
Falcon Dam	Rio Grande	Hydro	63	International Boundary and Water Commission	1954	[69]
Inks Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	Hydro	15	Lower Colorado River Authority	1938	[70]
Mansfield Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	Hydro	102	Lower Colorado River Authority	1941	[71]
R.C. Thomas Hydroelectric Project	Trinity River (Texas)	Hydro	24	East Texas Electrical Cooperative	2020	[72]
Sam Rayburn Dam	Angelina River	Hydro	52	United States Army Corps of Engineers	1966	[73]
Max Starcke Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	Hydro	41	Lower Colorado River Authority	1951	[74]
Toledo Bend Dam	Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana)	Hydro	92	Sabine River Authority of Texas	1969	[75]
Tom Miller Dam	Colorado River (Texas)	Hydro	17	Lower Colorado River Authority	1940	[76]
Whitney Dam	Bosque and Hill counties, Texas	Hydro	43	United States Army Corps of Engineers	1951	[77][78]
Wirtz Dam	Llano and Burnet counties, Texas	Hydro	60	Lower Colorado River Authority	1951	[79]

Wind farms

See also: Wind power in Texas

The following list emphasizes operating wind farms in Texas that are 100 MW or larger.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Turbine manufacturer	Year opened	Refs
Amazon Wind Farm Texas	Scurry	32°51′50″N 100°58′30″W	253	GE Energy	2017	[80]
Anacacho Wind Farm	Kinney	29°11′41″N 100°11′16″W	100	Vestas	2012
Azure Sky Wind Project			350.2		2024	[81]
Bearkat Wind Farm	Glasscock	31°43′38″N 101°34′55″W	196.7	Vestas	2017
Bethel Wind Farm	Castro	34°34′29″N 102°28′10″W	276	GE Energy	2017
Blue Cloud Wind Farm	Bailey, Lamb	34°04′17″N 102°36′08″W	148.4	Vestas	2018	[82]
Buffalo Gap Wind Farm	Nolan, Taylor	32°18′38″N 100°08′57″W	523.3	Mitsubishi	2008
Brazos Wind Farm	Scurry	32°57′00″N 101°08′49″W	160	Vestas	2003	[83]
Breunnings Breeze Wind Farm	Willacy	26°27′49″N 97°49′47″W	228	Acciona	2018	[84]
Bull Creek Wind Farm	Borden	32°55′47″N 101°35′03″W	180	Mitsubishi	2008
Cactus Flats Hill Wind Farm	Concho	31°19′59″N 98°52′48″W	148.4	Vestas	2018	[85]
Camp Springs Energy Center	Scurry	32°43′56″N 100°48′28″W	250.5	GE Energy	2008	[83]
Canyon Wind Farm			308.8		2024	[81]
Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm	Coke, Sterling	31°54′11″N 100°54′04″W	662.5	GE Energy/Siemens	2008
Chapman Ranch Wind Farm	Nueces	27°37′23″N 97°31′46″W	236	Acciona	2017
Cedro Hill Wind Farm	Webb	27°34′35″N 98°54′18″W	150	GE Energy	2010	[86]
Colbeck's Corner Wind Farm	Carson, Gray	35°15′15″N 101°11′12″W	200	GE Energy	2016
Desert Sky Wind Farm	Pecos	30°54′57″N 102°6′29″W	160.5	GE Energy	2001	[83]
Elbow Creek Wind Project	Howard	32°12′57″N 101°25′51″W	121.9	Siemens	2008	[83]
Electra Wind Farm	Wilbarger	34°08′48″N 99°29′39″W	230	GE Energy	2016	[87]
Falvez Astra Wind Farm	Randall	34°46′36″N 102°03′48″W	163.2	GE Energy	2017	[88]
Flat Top Wind Farm	Mills	31°40′32″N 98°31′04″W	200	Vestas	2018	[89]
Goat Mountain Wind Ranch	Coke, Sterling	31°57′5″N 100°47′55″W	149.6	Mitsubishi	2009	[83]
Goldthwaite Wind Farm	Mills	31°24′28″N 98°28′47″W	148.6	GE Energy	2014	[90]
Goodnight Wind Farm			265.5		2024	[81]
Grandview Wind Farm	Carson	35°20′44″N 101°22′50″W	211	GE Energy	2014	[91]
Green Pastures Wind Farm (I & II)	Baylor, Knox	33°37′42″N 99°24′40″W	300	Acciona	2015	[92]
Gulf Wind Farm	Kenedy	27°05′16″N 97°35′22″W	283	Mitsubishi	2009	[93]
Hackberry Wind Project	Shackelford	32°49′27″N 99°16′42″W	165	Siemens	2008
Hale Wind Farm	Hale	33°55′40″N 101°44′32″W	478	Vestas	2019	[94]
Hereford Wind Farm	Deaf Smith	34°49′05″N 102°24′34″W	200	GE Energy/Vestas	2014	[95]
Hidalgo Wind Farm	Hidalgo	26°27′56″N 98°24′40″W	250	Vestas	2016	[96]
Horse Creek Wind Farm	Haskell	33°09′36″N 99°45′00″W	230	GE Energy	2016	[97]
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	Nolan, Taylor	32°11′24″N 100°01′48″W	735.5	GE Energy/Siemens	2006
Javelina Wind Energy Center	Webb, Duval	27°26′24″N 98°54′36″W	748.7	GE Energy	2018	[98]
Jumbo Road Wind	Castro	34°49′05″N 102°24′35″W	300	GE Energy	2015	[99]
Karankawa	Patricio/Bee	28°09′14″N 97°46′12″W	307	GE Energy	2020	[100]
Keechi Wind Project	Jack	31°31′1″N 95°57′12″W	110	Vestas	2015
King Mountain Wind Farm	Upton	31°14′16″N 102°14′16″W	278.2	Bonus/GE Energy	2001
Langford Wind Farm	Tom Green, Schleicher, Irion	31°06′15″N 100°39′39″W	150	GE Energy	2009
Live Oak Wind Farm	Schleicher	30°53′56″N 100°36′37″W	199.5	Gamesa	2018	[101]
Logan's Gap Wind Farm	Comanche	31°49′21″N 98°41′26″W	200	Siemens	2015	[102]
Lone Star Wind Farm	Shackelford, Callahan	32°16′22″N 99°27′22″W	400	Gamesa	2008
Los Vientos Wind Farm	Starr, Willacy	26°22′00″N 98°49′00″W	912	Mitsubishi/Siemens/Vestas	2016	[103]
Magic Valley Wind Farm	Willacy	26°24′57″N 97°33′56″W	203	Vestas	2012	[104]
Majestic Wind Farm	Carson	35°22′50″N 101°31′41″W	161.1	Vestas	2012	[105]
Mariah North Wind Farm	Parmer	34°31′49″N 102°55′28″W	230.4	GE Energy	2016	[106]
McAdoo Wind Farm	Dickens	33°45′06″N 100°58′09″W	150	GE Energy	2008
Mesquite Creek Wind	Borden, Dawson	32°42′00″N 101°44′28″W	211	GE Energy	2015	[107]
Miami Wind Energy Center	Roberts, Hemphill, Gray, Wheeler	35°39′14″N 100°32′19″W	289	GE Energy	2014	[108]
Notrees Windpower	Ector, Winkler	31°59′48″N 102°50′22″W	150	Vestas/GE Energy	2009
Palo Duro Wind Energy Center	Hansford, Ochiltree	36°24′51″N 101°02′00″W	250	GE Energy	2014	[109]
Panhandle Wind Farm (I & II)	Carson	35°25′39″N 101°15′11″W	400	GE/Siemens	2014
Panther Creek Wind Farm	Big Spring	31°59′00″N 101°7′00″W	457.5	GE Energy	2009
Papalote Creek Wind Farm	San Patricio	27°58′48″N 97°23′28″W	380	Siemens/Vestas	2010	[110]
Patriot Wind Farm	Nueces	27°35′34″N 97°38′53″W	226	Vestas	2019	[94]
Peñascal Wind Power Project	Kenedy	27°6′44″N 97°32′26″W	605.2	Mitsubishi, Gamesa	2010	[83][111]
Prairie Hill Wind Project	Limestone, McLennan	31°34′04″N 96°48′45″W	300	Nordex	2020
Rattlesnake Wind Energy Center	Glasscock	31°46′33″N 101°44′27″W	207	GE Energy	2015	[112]
Rattlesnake Wind Farm	McCulloch	31°15′08″N 99°31′35″W	160	Goldwind	2018	[113]
Roadrunner Wind Farm			256		2024	[81]
Rocksprings Wind Farm	Val Verde	29°46′16″N 100°46′31″W	180	GE Energy	2017	[114]
Roscoe Wind Farm	Roscoe	32°15′52″N 100°20′39″W	781.5	GE Energy/Siemens/Mitsubishi	2009
Route 66 Wind Farm	Carson, Armstrong	34°56′14″N 101°26′02″W	150	Vestas	2015	[115]
Salt Fork Wind Farm	Donley, Gray	35°11′18″N 100°51′14″W	174	Vestas	2016	[116]
Santa Rita Wind Energy	Reagan	31°10′53″N 101°19′08″W	300	GE Energy	2018	[117]
Shannon Wind	Clay	33°30′13″N 98°22′25″W	204	GE Energy	2015	[118]
Sherbino Wind Farm	Pecos	30°48′40″N 102°21′43″W	300	Vestas	2011	[119]
South Plains Wind Farm	Floyd	34°11′07″N 101°22′18″W	500.3	Vestas	2016	[120][121]
Spinning Spur Wind Ranch	Oldham, Potter	35°13′37″N 102°12′45″W	516	GE Energy/Siemens/Vestas	2015	[122]
Stella Wind Farm	Kenedy	26°56′21″N 97°41′25″W	201	Acciona	2018	[123]
Stephens Ranch Wind Farm (I & II)	Borden, Lynn	32°55′35″N 101°38′52″W	376	GE Energy	2015	[124]
Sweetwater Wind Farm	Nolan	32°21′33″N 100°21′20″W	585.3	GE Energy/Siemens/Mitsubishi	2007
Tahoka Wind Farm	Lynn	33°09′03″N 100°40′45″W	300	GE Energy	2018	[125]
Trent Wind Farm	Nolan	32°25′19″N 100°12′44″W	150	GE Energy	2001
Trinity Hills Wind Farm	Archer, Young	33°23′14″N 98°39′11″W	225	Clipper	2012	[126]
Turkey Track Energy Center	Nolan, Coke, Runnels	32°11′05″N 100°16′20″W	170	GE Energy	2008
Wake Wind Farm	Crosby	33°50′24″N 101°06′11″W	257.2	GE Energy	2016
Wildorado Wind Ranch	Oldham, Potter, Randall	35°17′31″N 102°18′11″W	161	Siemens	2007	[83]
Willow Springs	Haskell	33°20′35″N 99°38′30″W	250	GE Energy	2017	[127]
Woodward Mountain Wind Ranch	Pecos	30°57′16″N 102°25′22″W	159	Vestas	2001

Solar farms

See also: Solar power in Texas

The following list emphasizes operating solar photovoltaic farms in Texas that are 20 MW or larger.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MWAC)	Year Completed	Refs
Emerald Grove Solar	Crane County	31.096018650353134, -102.34498206137978	108	2022
Brightside Solar	Live Oak County	28.453379402854512, -97.97791830349912	50	2022
Lumina Solar Project I & II			641	2024	[81]
Hecate Energy Frye Solar			500	2024	[81]
Roadrunner 1 & 2	Upton County	31.2194°N 102.1922°W / 31.2194; -102.1922 (Roadrunner Solar)	497	2019/2020	[128]
Orion I+III Solar			450	2024	[81]
Permian	Andrews County		420	2019	+40MW battery[129][130]
Waco Solar			400	2024	[81]
Five Wells Solar Center			355.4	2023	+259 MW battery
Phoebe	Winkler County	31.8434°N 102.8683°W / 31.8434; -102.8683 (Phoebe Solar)	250	2019	[131]
Sparta Solar			250	2024	[81]
Hopkins Energy			250	2024	[81]
Rambler Solar	Tom Green County	31.5170°N 100.6000°W / 31.5170; -100.6000 (Rambler Solar)	200	2020	[132]
Holstein Solar	Nolan County	32.1041°N 100.1624°W / 32.1041; -100.1624 (Holstein Solar)	200	2020	[133]
Texas Solar Nova 2			200	2024	[81]
Cutlass Solar II			200	2024	[81]
AP Sunray			200	2024	[81]
Tres Bahias			196.3	2024	[81]
Oberon	Ector County	31.7033°N 102.7012°W / 31.7033; -102.7012 (Oberon Solar)	180	2020	[134]
Upton Solar 2	Upton County	31.2418°N 102.2903°W / 31.2418; -102.2903 (Upton Solar)	180	2018	[135][136]
Midway Solar	Pecos County	30.9910°N 102.2214°W / 30.9910; -102.2214 (Midway Solar)	178	2019	[137]
Zier Solar			160	2024	[81]
Roserock Solar	Pecos County	30.9602°N 103.3067°W / 30.9602; -103.3067 (Roserock Solar)	157	2016	[138]
Buckthorn Solar 1	Pecos County	30.5755°N 102.5513°W / 30.5755; -102.5513 (Buckthorn Solar)	154	2018	[139]
East Pecos Solar	Pecos County	31.0009°N 102.2817°W / 31.0009; -102.2817 (East Pecos Solar)	120	2017	[140]
Castle Gap Solar	Upton County	31.2550°N 102.2720°W / 31.2550; -102.2720 (Castle Gap Solar)	116	2017	[141]
Alamo 6	Pecos County	30.9931°N 102.2708°W / 30.9931; -102.2708 (Pearl Solar)	110	2017	[142]
Alamo 7	Haskell County	33.0068°N 99.6044°W / 33.0068; -99.6044 (Alamo 7)	106	2016	[143]
Lamesa Solar	Dawson County	32.7156°N 101.9265°W / 32.7156; -101.9265 (Lamesa Solar)	102	2017	[144]
Lapetus	Andrews County	32.4601°N 102.6728°W / 32.4601; -102.6728 (Lapetus Solar)	100	2019	[145]
BPL Crown Solar			100	2024	[81]
BPL Sol Solar			100	2024	[81]
Alamo 5	Uvalde	29.2167°N 99.7161°W / 29.2167; -99.7161 (Alamo 5)	95	2016	[146]
Pearl Solar	Pecos County	30.9878°N 102.2683°W / 30.9878; -102.2683 (Pearl Solar)	50	2017	[147]
SolaireHolman Solar	Brewster County	30.4551°N 103.4747°W / 30.4551; -103.4747 (SolaireHolman Solar)	50	2017	[148]
Ivory	Dawson County	32.7156°N 101.9265°W / 32.7156; -101.9265 (Lamesa Solar)	50	2018	[149]
Alamo 1	San Antonio	29.2717°N 98.4447°W / 29.2717; -98.4447 (Alamo 1)	41	2013	[150]
Alamo 4	Brackettville	29.3289°N 100.3839°W / 29.3289; -100.3839 (Alamo 4)	39.6	2014	[151]
Webberville Solar Farm	Webberville	30.2383°N 97.5086°W / 30.2383; -97.5086 (Webberville Solar Farm)	30	2011	[152]

Utility companies

• Vistra Energy (formerly Energy Future Holdings) (includes Luminant and TXU)
• Oncor Electric Delivery
• NRG Energy includes Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy
• CenterPoint
• AEP (American Electric Power)
• Austin Energy^*
• Calpine
• CPS Energy^*
• El Paso Electric
• Entergy, Texas (Formerly Gulf States Utilities) Is a separate subsidiary of Entergy Corporation
• Lubbock Power and Light^*
• Lower Colorado River Authority^*
• Luminant
• Panda Energy International
• Quanta Services
• Pedernales Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Bailey County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Bandera Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Bartlett Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Big Country Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Brazos Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU)^[153]
• Central Texas Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association^[153][155]
• Coleman County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Comanche Electric Cooperative Association^{[153][154][155]}
• Concho Valley Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association^[153][154]
• CoServ Electric^[153][155]
• Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• East Texas Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Fannin County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Farmers Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Fayette Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange^[153]
• Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Golden Spread Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Greenbelt Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Hamilton County Electric Cooperative Association^[153][155]
• Harmon Electric^[153]
• Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• HILCO Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Houston County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• J-A-C Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Jackson Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Karnes Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Lamar County Electric Cooperative Association^[153][155]
• Lamb County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Lea County Electric Cooperative^[153]
• Lighthouse Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Lyntegar Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Magic Valley Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Medina Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• MidSouth Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Navarro County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• North Plains Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Nueces Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Rio Grande Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Rusk County Electric Cooperative^[153][154]
• Sam Houston Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• San Bernard Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• San Miguel Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• San Patricio Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• South Plains Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• South Texas Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative^[153]
• Southwest Rural Electric Association^[153]
• Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Swisher Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Taylor Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Tri-County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• United Cooperative Services^{[153][154][155]}
• Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Victoria Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Western Farmers Electric Cooperative^[153]
• Wharton County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}
• Wise Electric Cooperative^[153][155]
• Wood County Electric Cooperative^{[153][154][155]}

^* public utility

Touchstone Energy

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

See also

• Energy portal
• United States portal
• Texas portal

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