Nameplate capacity
87 MW
Rank in Texas
#566
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1980
July 1980
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- El Paso Electric Co
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #141 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 9
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 63 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.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| Sand Bluff Wind Farm | Wind | 90 MW |
| Freeport LP Pretreatment Facility | Natural gas | 87 MW |
| Post Wind Farm LP | Wind | 84 MW |
| NAFTA Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac | Natural gas | 83 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 87 MW solar plant and a 87 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