Stryker Creek
Natural gas power plant · Cherokee County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
713 MW
Rank in Texas
#56
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1958
June 1958
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Luminant Generation Company LLC
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.35%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #43 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3504
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 527 MW | 502 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 177 MW | 170 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| D1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| D2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| D3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| D4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| D5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | 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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| Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center | Wind | 736 MW |
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| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | Natural gas | 678 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 713 MW solar plant and a 713 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