# Jack Fusco Energy Center

ERCOT Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/jack-fusco-energy-center

Jack A. Fusco Energy Center is a three-generator natural-gas combined-cycle facility in Fort Bend County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 675.6 MW nameplate, 602 MW net summer, and 604 MW net winter capability across two 200 MW combustion-turbine records and one 275.6 MW steam-turbine record, all dated May 2003. Brazos Valley Energy LP is the registered operator. In 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice required divestiture of the plant as a condition of Constellation's proposed Calpine acquisition; the DOJ announcement did not identify the buyer.
Dispatchable 2x1 natural-gas combined-cycle generation in ERCOT. Two 200 MW combustion-turbine records and one 275.6 MW steam-turbine record. EIA reports 675.6 MW nameplate, 602 MW net summer, and 604 MW net winter capability. DOJ required divestiture in 2026 but did not identify a buyer; no buyer is asserted here.

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Power capacity: 538 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT

## Timeline

- 2003-05 — Combined-cycle generators entered service
  EIA reports May 2003 for CTG1, CTG2, and STG1.
  Source: EIA May 2026 generator inventory (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/)

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · tier regulatory
- [ERCOT current settlement-point listing](https://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/html/current_np6788.html) — Electric Reliability Council of Texas · tier regulatory
- [TxGIO land parcel service](https://feature.geographic.texas.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Parcels/stratmap_land_parcels_48_most_recent/MapServer) — Texas Geographic Information Office · tier regulatory

## Data quality

- Nameplate, seasonal, operating, company, and transaction scopes are labeled separately.

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