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Metric	W A Parish Fort Bend County	Limestone Limestone County
Capacity	4,008.4 MW	1,849.8 MW
Technology	Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Conventional Steam Coal	Conventional Steam Coal
Operator	NRG Texas Power LLC	NRG Texas Power LLC
Operating units	9	2
Latest 12-month generation	14.17 TWh	6.75 TWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	44.4% (2025)	46.4% (2025)
National technology rank	#6 of 206	#22 of 206
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.

Compare power plants

Registry, engineering, and operating metrics shown on a consistent EIA basis.

Metric	W A Parish Fort Bend County	Limestone Limestone County
Capacity	4,008.4 MW	1,849.8 MW
Technology	Natural Gas Steam Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Conventional Steam Coal	Conventional Steam Coal
Operator	NRG Texas Power LLC	NRG Texas Power LLC
Operating units	9	2
Latest 12-month generation	14.17 TWh	6.75 TWh
Latest complete-year capacity factor	44.4% (2025)	46.4% (2025)
National technology rank	#6 of 206	#22 of 206
Latest EIA report	2026-06	2026-06

Generation comes from EIA-923. Capacity, unit counts, technology, and reporting relationships come from EIA-860. Incomplete reporting years are excluded from capacity-factor comparisons.