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Forney Energy Center

Natural gas power plant · Kaufman County, Texas

Nameplate capacity

1,894 MW

Rank in Texas

of 1,071 plants

In service since

2003

February 2003

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator: LaFrontera Holdings LLC
County: Kaufman County
Generating units: 8
Share of state capacity: 0.94%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas: #1 of 310
EIA plant code: 55480

Generating units

Individual generating units at Forney Energy Center
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
ST1	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	383 MW	406 MW	2003	Operating
ST2	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	383 MW	406 MW	2003	Operating
U1	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	165 MW	2003	Operating
U2	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	157 MW	2003	Operating
U3	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	157 MW	2003	Operating
U4	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	165 MW	2003	Operating
U5	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	157 MW	2003	Operating
U6	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	188 MW	157 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.

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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 1,894 MW solar plant and a 1,894 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