Nameplate capacity
1,812 MW
Rank in Texas
#7
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1962
January 1962
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Entergy Texas Inc.
- County
- Orange County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.90%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #2 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3459
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 592 MW | 490 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 507 MW | 440 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 473 MW | 369 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 239 MW | 203 MW | 1962 | 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
| Forney Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,894 MW |
| Limestone | Coal | 1,850 MW |
| Oak Grove (TX) | Coal | 1,795 MW |
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Natural gas | 1,734 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 1,812 MW solar plant and a 1,812 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