Nameplate capacity
4,008 MW
Rank in Texas
#1
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1958
June 1958
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- NRG Texas Power LLC
- County
- Fort Bend County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 1.99%
- Rank among coal plants in Texas
- #1 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 3470
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 734 MW | 664 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Steam Coal | 734 MW | 663 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 8 | Conventional Steam Coal | 654 MW | 610 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| 7 | Conventional Steam Coal | 615 MW | 577 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 581 MW | 527 MW | 1968 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 299 MW | 240 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 188 MW | 169 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 188 MW | 169 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 13 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
| South Texas Project | Nuclear | 2,709 MW |
| Comanche Peak | Nuclear | 2,430 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 4,008 MW solar plant and a 4,008 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