Lewis Creek
Natural gas power plant · Montgomery County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
543 MW
Rank in Texas
#85
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1970
December 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Entergy Texas Inc.
- County
- Montgomery County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #65 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3457
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 271 MW | 250 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 271 MW | 249 MW | 1971 | 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
| Hidalgo Energy Center | Natural gas | 551 MW |
| Quail Run Energy Center | Natural gas | 550 MW |
| Morgan Creek | Other | 536 MW |
| Cedar Bayou 4 | Natural gas | 536 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 543 MW solar plant and a 543 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