Nameplate capacity
623 MW
Rank in Texas
#66
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1965
May 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- County
- Bastrop County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #50 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3601
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 351 MW | 335 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 136 MW | 136 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 136 MW | 136 MW | 1968 | 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
| Graham | Natural gas | 635 MW |
| DeCordova Steam Electric Station | Battery storage | 627 MW |
| Coleto Creek | Coal | 622 MW |
| Bastrop Energy Center | Natural gas | 619 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 623 MW solar plant and a 623 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