Nameplate capacity
54 MW
Rank in Texas
#608
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1951
June 1951
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- County
- Burnet County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Texas
- #6 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 3597
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 27 MW | 27 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 27 MW | 27 MW | 1951 | 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
| Bynum Solar Project | Solar | 56 MW |
| Buchanan Dam (TX) | Hydro | 55 MW |
| Silver Star I Wind Power Project | Wind | 53 MW |
| Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc. | Natural gas | 52 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 54 MW solar plant and a 54 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