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Leon Creek

Natural gas power plant · Bexar County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
230 MW
Rank in Texas
#256
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2004
June 2004

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
City of San Antonio - (TX)
County
Bexar County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.11%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
#108 of 310
EIA plant code
3609

Generating units

Individual generating units at Leon Creek
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CGT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine57 MW46 MW2004Operating
CGT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine57 MW46 MW2004Operating
CGT3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine57 MW46 MW2004Operating
CGT4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine57 MW46 MW2004Operating

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 230 MW solar plant and a 230 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