Frontera Energy Center
Strategic Value Partners (New Frontera Holdings)Hidalgo County
Frontera Energy Center is a three-generator natural-gas combined-cycle facility in Mission, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 529 MW nameplate, 535 MW net summer, and 559 MW net winter capability. Two combustion-turbine records entered service in June and July 1999, and the steam-turbine record entered service in May 2000. In May 2026, funds managed by Strategic Value Partners acquired a majority interest in New Frontera Holdings, the facility owner; the plant operates as a merchant generator in ERCOT's South Zone.
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EIA May 2026
EIA inventory for Sep 2026
EIA May 2026
EIA May 2026
EIA plant 55098 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 172 | Unknown |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 172 | Unknown |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 185 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | 172 MW 177 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jun 1999 | Operating |
| GEN2 | 172 MW 177 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jul 1999 | Operating |
| GEN3 | 185 MW 181 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CA | May 2000 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
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EIA reports June 1999 for GEN1.
Transaction closed May 5, 2026
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
2 ERCOT market resources · Combined-cycle gas
Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Observed ERCOT settlement prices at FRONT_EC_CC1 over 365 days (2025-10-27 to 2026-10-26). This plant is also crosswalked to FRONTERA_CC1, FRONT_EC_RN1, FRONT_EC_RN2, FRONT_EC_RN3, FRO_FRONTEG1, FRO_FRONTEG2, FRO_FRONTEG3; 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.
Matched to the latest available ERCOT generation-interconnection queue record. Queue status and completion dates describe the queue record; operating status is verified separately against plant and market registrations.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
EIA reports July 1999 for GEN2.
EIA reports May 2000 for GEN3.
Houlihan Lokey reports that exports to Mexico ended in June 2023 and the facility reconnected to ERCOT.
Funds managed by SVP acquired a majority interest in the facility owner.
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
Frontera Energy Center reports 529 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Frontera Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Hidalgo County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Frontera Energy Center is in Hidalgo County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Frontera Energy Center is operated by Frontera Generation Limited Partnership according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Frontera Energy Center reported 1,916.4 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Frontera Energy Center ranks #302 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #46 of 68 in TX.
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