Nameplate capacity
696 MW
Rank in Texas
#57
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2001
June 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Austin Energy
- County
- Travis County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #44 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 7900
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 198 MW | 161 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 5C | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 190 MW | 151 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| SH1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| SH2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| SH3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| SH4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| SH6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| SH7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 51 MW | 47 MW | 2010 | 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
| Nueces Bay | Natural gas | 730 MW |
| Stryker Creek | Natural gas | 713 MW |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | Natural gas | 678 MW |
| Jack Fusco Energy Center | Natural gas | 676 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 696 MW solar plant and a 696 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