Nameplate capacity
428 MW
Rank in Texas
#124
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1967
July 1967
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- City of Garland - (TX)
- County
- Collin County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.21%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #85 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3576
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 157 MW | 138 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 113 MW | 107 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 83 MW | 75 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 75 MW | 75 MW | 1967 | 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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| Greens Bayou | Natural gas | 432 MW |
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| Bacliff | Natural gas | 427 MW |
| Mesquite Star | Wind | 419 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 428 MW solar plant and a 428 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