Nameplate capacity
635 MW
Rank in Texas
#64
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1960
December 1960
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Luminant Generation Company LLC
- County
- Young County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.32%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #49 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3490
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 387 MW | 395 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 248 MW | 239 MW | 1960 | 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 635 MW solar plant and a 635 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