Montgomery County
Natural gas power plant · Montgomery County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
1,000 MW
Rank in Texas
#34
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2021
January 2021
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Entergy Texas Inc.
- County
- Montgomery County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.50%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #22 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 60925
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 500 MW | 500 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| 1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 250 MW | 250 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| 1B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 250 MW | 250 MW | 2021 | Operating |
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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| Great Prairie Wind | Wind | 1,027 MW |
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| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Natural gas | 940 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 1,000 MW solar plant and a 1,000 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