Nameplate capacity
536 MW
Rank in Texas
#86
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1988
July 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Luminant Generation Company LLC
- County
- Mitchell County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among other plants in Texas
- #1 of 47
- EIA plant code
- 3492
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 66 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| CT2 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 65 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| CT3 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 65 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| CT4 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 67 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| CT5 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 67 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| CT6 | Petroleum Liquids | 89 MW | 67 MW | 1988 | 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
| Quail Run Energy Center | Natural gas | 550 MW |
| Lewis Creek | Natural gas | 543 MW |
| Cedar Bayou 4 | Natural gas | 536 MW |
| Frontera Energy Center | Natural gas | 529 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 536 MW solar plant and a 536 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