Nameplate capacity
2,380 MW
Rank in Texas
#4
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1977
May 1977
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Luminant Generation Company LLC
- County
- Rusk County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.18%
- Rank among coal plants in Texas
- #2 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 6146
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 793 MW | 815 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 793 MW | 820 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 793 MW | 820 MW | 1979 | 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
| South Texas Project | Nuclear | 2,709 MW |
| Comanche Peak | Nuclear | 2,430 MW |
| Forney Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,894 MW |
| Limestone | Coal | 1,850 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 2,380 MW solar plant and a 2,380 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