Cottonwood Energy Company LP
Natural gas power plant · Newton County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
1,434 MW
Rank in Texas
#14
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2003
July 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- —
- County
- Newton County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.71%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #6 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 55358
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 143 MW | 2003 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 136 MW | 2003 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 143 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| CT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 143 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 160 MW | 150 MW | 2003 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 160 MW | 148 MW | 2003 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| ST3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 160 MW | 146 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| ST4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 160 MW | 149 MW | 2003 | 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
| Cedar Bayou | Natural gas | 1,530 MW |
| J K Spruce | Coal | 1,489 MW |
| Handley | Natural gas | 1,315 MW |
| Jack County | Natural gas | 1,280 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 1,434 MW solar plant and a 1,434 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