Hot Spring Generating Facility
Natural gas power plant · Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
715 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#7
of 122 plants
In service since
2002
June 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Entergy Arkansas LLC
- County
- Hot Spring County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 3.74%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Arkansas
- #3 of 18
- EIA plant code
- 55418
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 317 MW | 559 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | — | 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | — | 2002 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| Magnet Cove | Natural gas | 746 MW |
| Plum Point Energy Station | Coal | 720 MW |
| Dell Power Station | Natural gas | 679 MW |
| John W Turk Jr Power Plant | Coal | 609 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 715 MW solar plant and a 715 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates