Temple Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Bell County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
1,606 MW
Rank in Texas
#11
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2014
July 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Temple Generation Holdings LLC
- County
- Bell County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.80%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #4 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 58001
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 339 MW | 326 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| STG-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 339 MW | 326 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| CTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 232 MW | 232 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| CTG-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 232 MW | 232 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| CTG-3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 232 MW | 232 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| CTG-4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 232 MW | 232 MW | 2015 | 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
| Midlothian Energy Facility | Natural gas | 1,734 MW |
| Fayette Power Project | Coal | 1,690 MW |
| Cedar Bayou | Natural gas | 1,530 MW |
| J K Spruce | Coal | 1,489 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 1,606 MW solar plant and a 1,606 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