Fayette Power Project
Austin EnergyFayette County
Fayette Power Project is a coal-fired power facility with 1,690 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Fayette County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 6179. Lower Colorado River Authority owns and operates the plant. It is a three-unit coal station in ERCOT, with Units 1 and 2 jointly owned by LCRA and Austin Energy and Unit 3 owned by LCRA. Commercial operation began in 1979.
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Conventional Steam Coal
Fayette Power Project is currently operating; a closure or retirement is listed for January 2026.
ERCOT
EIA plant 6179 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | Operating | 615 | Unknown |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | Operating | 615 | Unknown |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | Operating | 460 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 615 MW 590 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal ST | Jun 1979 | Operating |
| 2 | 615 MW 590 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal ST | May 1980 | Operating |
| 3 | 460 MW 435 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal ST | Apr 1988 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
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Austin City Council records reported that existing bond funds were projected to run out before completion and that approximately $31 million in additional funding was required for Fayette. The records also identified revenue-bond authority and Fayette construction expenditures within the city electric-utility capital program.
ERCOT · Fayette County
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
5 ERCOT market resources · Coal / lignite
Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Observed ERCOT settlement prices at FPPYD_FPP_G1 over 365 days (2025-11-02 to 2026-11-01). This plant is also crosswalked to FPPYD_FPP_G2, FPPYD_FPP_G3; the point with the deepest price history is shown.
The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue: it values one perfect-foresight cycle per day between the 2 cheapest and 2 dearest hours of each day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services and any physical dispatch constraint. It describes what this node’s price shape was worth over the window — it is not this asset’s realized capture, and no dispatch is assumed or modelled.
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Power ProjectCurrent | 1,690 MW | TX | |
| Sim Gideon | 623 MW | TX | |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | 609 MW | TX | |
| Thomas C Ferguson | 574.6 MW | TX | |
| Timmerman Power Plant | 368 MW | TX | |
| Winchester Power Park | 242 MW | TX | |
| Marshall Ford | 108 MW | TX | |
| Buchanan Dam (TX) | 54.9 MW | TX |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
View full reporting portfolioUnit 1 entered service at approximately 600 MW and remains jointly owned 50/50 by Austin Energy and LCRA.
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
Unit 2 entered service at approximately 600 MW and remains jointly owned 50/50 by Austin Energy and LCRA.
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
Unit 3 entered service at approximately 440 MW and is wholly owned by LCRA; Austin Energy did not participate in the unit.
EIA-860 lists generator 3 with this operating date.
Sargent & Lundy undertook an LCRA study to improve Unit 3's flue-gas-desulfurization performance and reliability, including a target of at least 95.5% sulfur-dioxide removal without bypass.
The project underwent a major overhaul, including installation of new scrubbers and other upgrades intended to comply with federal environmental requirements.
An Austin memorandum discussed a possible sale of Austin Energy's interest. The participation agreement gave LCRA a right of first refusal, imposed evaluation and closing periods, prohibited partitioning of the facilities, and could have required defeasance of project-related debt if sold to a nongovernmental buyer.
Austin's Joint Sustainability Committee approved a recommendation to establish a debt-defeasance fund and negotiate with LCRA to retire Austin Energy's portion by 2023. The recommendation cited $143.3 million of Fayette-linked debt expected to remain at the end of 2022 and potentially $75 million of additional interest.
Austin Energy reported that the participation agreement contained no retirement or exit mechanism other than a sale, and that LCRA's cooperation was essential. Approximately $160 million of debt was described as outstanding at that time.
Austin City Council approved an emissions-reduction plan calling for Austin Energy to shut down its portion of the Fayette project by the end of 2022.
Austin Energy did not achieve a viable and affordable agreement with LCRA to exit its share by the end of 2022. The project therefore continued operating rather than undergoing the proposed partial retirement.
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
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Fayette Power Project reports 1,690 MW coal of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Fayette Power Project is a Conventional Steam Coal facility in Fayette County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Fayette Power Project is in Fayette County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Fayette Power Project is operated by Lower Colorado River Authority according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Fayette Power Project reports a commercial operation date of 1979. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Fayette Power Project reported 8,297.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
Fayette Power Project settles at FPPYD_FPP_G1, on the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) system.
By capacity, Fayette Power Project ranks #32 of 205 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #5 of 11 in TX.
