Nameplate capacity
622 MW
Rank in Texas
#67
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1980
June 1980
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Coleto Creek Power LP
- County
- Goliad County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among coal plants in Texas
- #10 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 6178
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 622 MW | 655 MW | 1980 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 622 MW solar plant and a 622 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 Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates