This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Texas had a total summer capacity of 168.3 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 566,502 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 48.7% natural gas, 21.9% wind, 11.6% coal, 9.9% solar, 7% nuclear, and less than 1% from hydroelectric, biomass, petroleum, and other gases. Small-scale photovoltaic installations generated an additional 5,439 GWh to the Texas electrical grid in 2025.
Texas produces and consumes far more electrical energy than any other U.S. state. It generates almost twice as much electricity as the next highest generating state, Florida. Texas has an expanding variety of generating sources to meet consumption growth. Installed wind capacity grew to 35,000 MW and solar capacity grew to 10,300 MW at the end of 2021. Wind generation exceeded nuclear in 2014 and coal in 2020, becoming the second largest energy source in the state. Fossil-fuel and nuclear generation has remained nearly constant over the past two decades, with natural gas gradually replacing coal.Shutdowns of Texas coal plants may delay demise of others By Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, December 4, 2017
Texas oil extraction operations in year 2019 included the flaring of 250 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas, with much of it concentrated in the Permian basin near Midland. This amount of wasted natural gas could have met all of the state's residential heating and cooking needs, or could have generated an amount of electrical energy nearly equal to the state's 40,000 GWh of nuclear generation.
Nuclear power stations Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Refs South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Matagorda County 2,500 Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Somervell County 2,208
Fossil-fuel power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Coal and lignite A useful mapCoal Pollution in America of coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club. Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Yearopened Scheduledretirement Refs Coleto Creek Fannin 622 1980 Scheduled to close by 2027 Fayette La Grange, in Fayette County 1,690 1979 (615MW)1980 (615MW)1988 (460MW) J.K. Spruce Bexar County 1,444 1992 (566MW)2010 (878MW) Limestone Jewett 1,850 1985 (893MW)1986 (957MW) Major Oak Power Robertson County 349 1990 (150MW)1991 (150MW) Martin Lake Rusk County 2,380 1977 (793MW)1978 (793MW)1979 (793MW) Oak Grove Robertson County 1,796 2010 (917MW)2011 (879MW) Pirkey Hallsville 721 1985 Scheduled to close in 2023 San Miguel Lignite Powerplant Christine 391 1982 Sandy Creek Riesel 1,008 2013 Tolk Lamb County 1,136 1982 (568MW)1985 (568MW) Scheduled to close by 2032 W. A. Parish (units 5 to 8) Fort Bend County 2,736 1977 (734MW)1978 (734MW)1980 (614MW)1982 (654MW) Welsh Mount Pleasant 1,116 1977 (558MW)1982 (558MW) To cease using coal in 2028
Defunct Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Decommissioned Refs Big Brown Freestone County 1,186 2018 Gibbons Creek Grimes County 453 2018 ERCOT approves Texas muni's plan to mothball coal-fired plant Houston (Platts)--17 Aug 2017 Harrington Potter County 1,080 2025 J.T. Deely Bexar County 932 2018 Monticello Titus County 1,980 2018 Oklaunion Wilbarger County 650 2020 Sandow Milam County 1,252 2018
Natural gas Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration. Additional data sources:
Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Generationtype Yearopened Refs Arthur von Rosenburg Bexar County 518.0 2x1 combined cycle 2000 Antelope Elk Energy Center Abernathy, Texas 738.0 Reciprocating engine (x18)simple cycle (x3) 2011 (157MW)2016 (581MW) Barney M Davis Nueces County 938.0 Steam turbine2x1 combined cycle 1974 (300MW)2010 (638MW) Bastrop Energy Center Bastrop County 540.0 2x1 combined cycle 2002 Baytown Energy Center Chambers County 800.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002 Bacliff Galveston County 324.0 Simple cycle (x6) 2018 Bayou Cogen Harris County 300.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2014-2016 Black Hawk Hutchinson County 225.0 Simple cycle 1991/2005 Bosque County Peaking Bosque County 758.0 3x2 combined cycle 2001/2010 C R Wing Cogen Howard County 212.0 2x1 combined cycle 1987 Cedar Bayou Chambers County 1,495.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1970/1972 Cedar Bayou 4 Chambers County 502.0 2x1 combined cycle 2009 Channel Energy Center Pasadena 768.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002/2014 Channelview Harris County 830.0 4x1 combined cycle 2002 Colorado Bend Energy Center Wharton, Tx 484.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2002/2008 Colorado Bend II Wharton County 1,140.0 2x1 combined cycle 2017 Corpus Christi Energy Center Nueces County 469.0 2x1 combined cycle 2002 Cottonwood Energy Center Newton County 1,180.0 1x1 combined cycle (x4) 2003 Decker Creek Power Station Austin 928.0 Steam turbine (x2)simple cycle (x4) 1975/1978 (724MW)2008 (204MW) DeCordova Hood County 282.0 Simple cycle (x4) 1990 Deer Park Harris County 830.0 5x1 combined cycle 2004/2014 Eastman Cogen Facility Harrison County 410.0 2x1 combined cycle 2001 Ennis Ellis County 360.0 1x1 combined cycle 2002 ExxonMobil Baytown Harris County 454.0 Simple cycle (x9) 1977-2004 ExxonMobil Beaumont Jefferson County 605.0 Steam turbine (x5)simple cycle (x4) 1966-1993 (138MW)1993-2005 (467MW) Formosa Utility Venture Newton County 597.3 7x3 combined cycle 1994/2003 Forney Energy Center Kaufman County 1,784.0 6x2 combined cycle 2003 Freeport Energy Brazoria County 516.0 Simple cycle2x1 combined cycle (x2) 1978 (59MW)1982-1984 (457MW) Freeport Energy Center Brazoria County 219.4 1x1 combined cycle 2007 FreestoneFreestone Freestone County 951.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2002 Galveston Power Station 4 Galveston County 172.0 2x1 combined cycle 1986 Graham Young County 624.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1960/1969 Green Power Galveston County 624.0 3x2 combined cycle 2003/2009 Greens Bayou Harris County 330.0 Simple cycle (x6) 1976 Gregory San Patricio County 550.0 2x1 combined cycle 2000 Guadalupe Guadalupe County 1,000.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2000 Hal C Weaver UT-Austin 146.8 1x1 combined cycle 1x3 combined cycle 2004 (72.6MW)2010 (74.2MW) Handley Tarrant County 1,265.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1963/1977 Harrington Potter County 1,080 2025 Harrison County Harrison County 514.4 2x1 combined cycle 2002 Hays Energy Project Hays County 1,100.0 Combined cycle (x4) 2004 Hidalgo Energy Center Hidalgo County 470.0 2x1 combined cycle 2000 Houston Chemical Complex Harris County 263.0 3x1 combined cycle 1982/2005 Ingleside Cogen San Patricio County 310.0 1x1 combined cycle 1999 J Robert Massengale Lubbock County 74.0 2x1 combined cycle 1957/2000 Jack County Wise County 1,240.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2006/2011 Jack Fusco Energy CenterBrazos Valley Fort Bend County 520.0 2x1 combined cycle 2003 Johnson County Johnson County 267.0 1x1 combined cycle 1996 Jones Generating Station Lubbock County 820.0 Steam turbine (x2)simple cycle (x2) 1971/1974 (486MW)2011/2013 (334MW) Knox Lee Power Station Gregg County 501.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1950/1952/1974 Lake Hubbard Dallas County 915.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1970/1973 Lamar Power Project Lamar County 1,036.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2000 Lewis Creek Montgomery County 503.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1970/1971 Lost Pines 1 Bastrop County 511.0 2x1 combined cycle 2001 Magic Valley Hidalgo County 682.0 2x1 combined cycle 2002 Midlothian Ellis County 1,734.0 Combined cycle (x6) 2000/2001 Montana Station El Paso County 352.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2015/2016 Morgan Creek Mitchell County 402.0 Simple cycle (x6) 1988 Mountain Creek Dallas County 808.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1956/1958/1967 Mustang Yoakum County 913.0 2x1 combined cyclesimple cycle (x3) 1999/2000 (463MW)2006-2013 (450MW) Newman El Paso County 550.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 1975/2011 Nichols Potter County 457.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1960/1962/1968 Nueces Bay Nueces County 638.0 2x1 combined cycle 1972/2010 Odessa Ector Ector County 1,135.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2001 Optim Energy Altura Harris County 540.0 6x1 combined cycle 1986 O W Sommers Bexar County 830.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1972/1974 Oyster Creek Brazoria County 425.0 3x1 combined cycle 1994 Paris Energy Center Lamar County 236.0 2x1 combined cycle 1989 Pasadena Cogen Harris County 720.0 1x1 combined cycle2x1 combined cycle 1998 (225MW)2000 (495MW) Permian Basin Ward County 321.0 Simple cycle (x5) 1988/1990 Plant X Lamb County 442.0 Steam turbine (x4) 1952-1964 Port Arthur Air Products Jefferson County 138.4 Simple cycle (x3) 2006-2012 Port Arthur Refinery Jefferson County 550.0 5x3 combined cycle 1957-2011 Quail Run Energy Center Ector County 472.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2002/2007 R W Miller Palo Pinto County 574.0 Steam turbine (x3)simple cycle (x2) 1968-1975 (366MW)1994 (208MW) Ray Olinger Collin County 320.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1967/1971/1976 Rio Nogales Seguin, Texas 800.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002 Roland C. Dansby Brazos County 204.2 Steam turbinesimple cycle (x2) 1978 (110MW)2004/2010 (94.2MW) Sabine / Sabine River Works Orange County 2,124.0 Steam turbine (x4)1x1 combined cycle2x1 combined cycle (x2) 1962-1979 (1,530MW)1987 (87MW)2001 (507MW) Sam Bertron Harris County 875 Sam Rayburn Victoria County 205.0 Simple cycle (x2)3x1 combined cycle 1963 (21MW)2003 (184MW) San Jacinto Harris County 162.0 Simple cycle (x2) 1995 Sherman Grayson County 758.0 2x1 combined cycle 2014 Sim Gideon Bastrop County 608.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1965/1968/1972 Sand Hill Energy Center Travis County 596.0 Simple cycle (x6)1x1 combined cycle 2001/2010 (284MW)2004 (312MW) Stryker Creek Cherokee County 669.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1958/1965 Sweeny Cogen Brazoria County 436.0 Simple cycle (x4) 1997/2000 T H Wharton Harris County 1,025.0 Simple cycle x4x1 combined cycle (x2) 1967/1975 (361MW) 1972/1974 (664MW) Tenaska Frontier Generation Station Grimes County 860.0 3x1 combined cycle 2000 Tenaska Gateway Generation StationTenaska Gateway Generation StationRusk County845.0 3x1 combined cycle 2001 Temple 1&2 Bell County 1,500.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2014/2015 Texas City Cogen Galveston County 451.0 3x1 combined cycle 1987 Thomas C. Ferguson Llano County 516.0 2x1 combined cycle 2014 V H Braunig Bexar County 1,050.0 Steam turbine (x3)simple cycle (x4) 1966-1973 (859MW)2010 (191MW) Victoria Victoria County 300.0 1x1 combined cycle 1963/2009 W. A. Parish Fort Bend County 1,043.0 Steam turbine (x4)simple cycle (x2) 1958-1968 (956MW)1967/2013 (87MW) Wilkes Marion County 879.0 Steam turbine (x3) 1964/1970/1971 Winchester Power Park Fayette County 176.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2010 Wise County Wise County 670.0 2x1 combined cycle 2004 Wolf Hollow 1 Hood County 750.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2003 Wolf Hollow 2 Hood County 1200.0 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2017
Defunct Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Decommissioned Refs Eagle Mountain Tarrant County 696 2005 Paint Creek Haskell County 218 2002 P.H. Robinson Galveston County 2,316 2009
Renewable power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Biomass
Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Refs Nacogdoches Generating Facility Nacogdoches County 100 Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers Santa Rosa 23.5 Snider Industries Marshall 5 Texarkana Mill Cass County 65 Woodville Renewable Power Woodville 49
Defunct Name Location Coordinates Capacity (MW) Decommissioned RefsAspen Biomass Power Plant Lufkin 44 2016
Hydroelectric dams