Sandy Creek Energy Station
Coal power plant · McLennan County, Texas · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Sandy Creek Energy Associates LP
- County
- McLennan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.50%
- Rank among coal plants in Texas
- #9 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 56611
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S01 | Conventional Steam Coal | 1,008 MW | 933 MW | 2013 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Freestone Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,036 MW |
| Great Prairie Wind | Wind | 1,027 MW |
| Montgomery County | Natural gas | 1,000 MW |
| Hays Energy Project | Natural gas | 989 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 1,008 MW solar plant and a 1,008 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