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Handley

Natural gas power plant · Tarrant County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
1,315 MW
Rank in Texas
#15
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1963
July 1963

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Constellation Power, Inc
County
Tarrant County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.65%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
#7 of 310
EIA plant code
3491

Generating units

Individual generating units at Handley
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4Natural Gas Steam Turbine455 MW435 MW1976Operating
5Natural Gas Steam Turbine455 MW435 MW1977Operating
3Natural Gas Steam Turbine405 MW375 MW1963Operating

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 1,315 MW solar plant and a 1,315 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