Exelon LaPorte Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Harris County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
236 MW
Rank in Texas
#249
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2001
July 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- LaPorte Power, LLC
- County
- Harris County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #106 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 55365
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 59 MW | 36 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 59 MW | 36 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 59 MW | 36 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 59 MW | 36 MW | 2001 | 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
| Libra Storage | Battery storage | 236 MW |
| Chapman Ranch Wind I | Wind | 236 MW |
| Buffalo Gap 2 Wind Farm | Wind | 233 MW |
| Mariah del Norte | Wind | 230 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 236 MW solar plant and a 236 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