Hidalgo Energy Center
CalpineHidalgo County
Hidalgo Energy Center is a three-generator natural-gas combined-cycle facility in Edinburg, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 551.3 MW nameplate, 495 MW net summer, and 543 MW net winter capability across two combustion turbines and one steam turbine, all dated June 2000.
Mapped infrastructure geometry associated with this asset.
EIA May 2026
EIA inventory for Sep 2026
EIA May 2026
Calpine
EIA plant 55545 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 176.6 | Unknown |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 176.6 | Unknown |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 198.1 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | 176.6 MW 159 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jun 2000 | Operating |
| CTG2 | 176.6 MW 159 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jun 2000 | Operating |
| STG1 | 198.1 MW 177 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CA | Jun 2000 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
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Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
EIA reports June 2000 for both combustion turbines and the steam turbine.
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
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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 DUKE_CC1 over 365 days (2025-10-26 to 2026-10-25). This plant is also crosswalked to DUKE_GST1CCU, DUKE_GT2_CCU; 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.
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
Hidalgo Energy Center reports 551.3 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Hidalgo Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Hidalgo County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Hidalgo Energy Center is in Hidalgo County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Hidalgo Energy Center is operated by Calpine Corp - Hidalgo according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Hidalgo Energy Center reported 2,806.6 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Hidalgo Energy Center ranks #288 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #43 of 68 in TX.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
