Nameplate capacity
1,190 MW
Rank in Texas
#19
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1967
July 1967
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- NRG Texas Power LLC
- County
- Harris County
- Generating units
- 17
- Share of state capacity
- 0.59%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #11 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3469
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 113 MW | 110 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 113 MW | 110 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 51 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 52 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 53 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 54 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 55 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 56 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 85 MW | 56 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 43 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 57 MW | 54 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 44 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 57 MW | 54 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 31 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 32 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 33 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 34 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 41 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 42 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 54 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 14 MW | 1967 | 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
| Wolf Hollow II | Natural gas | 1,231 MW |
| Colorado Bend II | Natural gas | 1,230 MW |
| Deer Park Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,176 MW |
| Odessa-Ector Power Plant | Natural gas | 1,153 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 1,190 MW solar plant and a 1,190 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