Montana Power Station
Natural gas power plant · El Paso County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
527 MW
Rank in Texas
#89
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2015
March 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- El Paso Electric Co
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #68 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 58562
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 132 MW | 88 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GT-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 132 MW | 88 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GT-3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 132 MW | 88 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| GT-4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 132 MW | 88 MW | 2016 | 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
| Cedar Bayou 4 | Natural gas | 536 MW |
| Frontera Energy Center | Natural gas | 529 MW |
| Aviator Wind | Wind | 525 MW |
| Mustang Station | Natural gas | 521 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 527 MW solar plant and a 527 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