Fayette Power Project
Coal power plant · Fayette County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
1,690 MW
Rank in Texas
#10
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1979
June 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- County
- Fayette County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.84%
- Rank among coal plants in Texas
- #5 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 6179
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 615 MW | 590 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 615 MW | 590 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 460 MW | 435 MW | 1988 | 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
| Oak Grove (TX) | Coal | 1,795 MW |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Natural gas | 1,734 MW |
| Temple Power Station | Natural gas | 1,606 MW |
| Cedar Bayou | Natural gas | 1,530 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 1,690 MW solar plant and a 1,690 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