Mustang Station Unit 4
Natural gas power plant · Yoakum County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
472 MW
Rank in Texas
#112
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2006
April 2006
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc
- County
- Yoakum County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #78 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 56326
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 166 MW | 158 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 153 MW | 152 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 153 MW | 149 MW | 2007 | 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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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 472 MW solar plant and a 472 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