How big is Bastrop Energy Center?

Bastrop Energy Center has a reported capacity of 618.7 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Bastrop Energy Center?

Bastrop Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Bastrop County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Bastrop Energy Center located?

Bastrop Energy Center is in Bastrop County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Bastrop Energy Center?

Bastrop Energy Center is operated by Bastrop Energy Partners, LP according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Bastrop Energy Center generate?

Bastrop Energy Center reported 2,256.4 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Bastrop Energy Center compare to other plants?

By capacity, Bastrop Energy Center ranks #236 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #33 of 69 in TX.

Bastrop Energy Center — 619 MW gas plant, Bastrop County, TX

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Overview

Net summer capacity: 575 MW
EIA May 2026
Nameplate capacity: 618.7 MW
EIA May 2026
Net winter capacity: 610 MW
EIA May 2026
Generator records: 3
2 combustion turbines · 1 steam turbine
Settlement points: 2
BASTEN_CC1 · BASTEN_CCU
Registry anchor: Plant 55168
Bastrop Energy Partners LP
Resource stack: 3 resources
BASTEN_CC1_1 · BASTEN_CC1_2

Infrastructure record

Operator: Bastrop Energy Partners, LP

Profile

Grid role: Dispatchable 2x1 natural-gas combined-cycle generation in ERCOT.
Operating configuration: Two 188.2 MW combustion-turbine records and one 242.3 MW steam-turbine record.
Capacity scope: EIA reports 618.7 MW nameplate, 575 MW net summer, and 610 MW net winter capability.
Transaction scope: Hull Street's 2023 announcement covered Bastrop and Paris together at 855 MW; it did not assign that capacity or a price to Bastrop alone.

Structured profile

Net summer capacity: 575 MW
EIA May 2026
Nameplate capacity: 618.7 MW
EIA May 2026
Net winter capacity: 610 MW
EIA May 2026
Configuration: 2 combustion turbines · 1 steam turbine
EIA May 2026
Registered operator

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
0001	188.2 MW 171 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2002	Operating
0002	188.2 MW 171 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2002	Operating
0003	242.3 MW 233 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	May 2002	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 618.7 MW
National rank: #236
TX rank: #33

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

2.26 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

42.4%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Market registration

ERCOT public disclosures

Settlement point

BASTEN_CC1

high confidence spatial and capacity match

Market resources

3 resources

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Land and environmental record

Air Operating Permit

2009

O2109

TCEQ Federal Operating Permit (Title V-style site operating permit) for Bastrop Energy Center issued 2009, status ACTIVE.

TCEQ AIR OPERATING PERMITS: 2109

Air Permit

Permit No. 113103

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS; REGISTRATION; status ACTIVE

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS: 113103

Air Permit

Permit No. 164269

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS; REGISTRATION; status ACTIVE

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS: 164269

Air Permit

Permit No. 164270

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS; REGISTRATION; status ACTIVE

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS: 164270

Air Permit

Permit No. 178585

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS; PERMIT; status ACTIVE

TCEQ AIR NEW SOURCE PERMITS: 178585

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

May 2002
May 2002
Combined-cycle generators entered serviceEIA May 202...
EIA reports May 2002 for both combustion turbines and the steam turbine.
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.

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Profile

Structured profile

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Commercial, land, and environmental record

Land and environmental record

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Timeline and sources

Project timeline

Thomas C Ferguson

Sim Gideon

Arthur Von Rosenberg

Odyssey Energy Altura Cogen, LLC

ERCOT disclosed dispatch

Generation

Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through Jul 13, 2026

Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending Jul 13, 2026

Settlement price economics

Operating context

Interconnection record

Nearby substations

Parties and identifiers

Reporting portfolio

Sources

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