Nameplate capacity
599 MW
Rank in Texas
#75
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2015
June 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
- County
- Hale County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.30%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #56 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 58835
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELK1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 200 MW | 196 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| ELK2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 200 MW | 196 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| ELK3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 200 MW | 191 MW | 2016 | 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
| Freeport Energy | Natural gas | 603 MW |
| Hornet Solar (TX) | Solar | 600 MW |
| Sabine River Operations | Natural gas | 595 MW |
| Corpus Christi Energy Center | Natural gas | 593 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 599 MW solar plant and a 599 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