How big is Red Gate Power Plant?

Red Gate Power Plant has a reported capacity of 224.4 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Red Gate Power Plant?

Red Gate Power Plant is a Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine facility in Hidalgo County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Red Gate Power Plant located?

Red Gate Power Plant is in Hidalgo County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Red Gate Power Plant?

Red Gate Power Plant is operated by South Texas Electric Coop, Inc according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Red Gate Power Plant generate?

Red Gate Power Plant reported 391.7 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Red Gate Power Plant connect to the grid?

Red Gate Power Plant settles at REDGATE_RN.

How does Red Gate Power Plant compare to other plants?

By capacity, Red Gate Power Plant ranks #4 of 398 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #2 of 149 in TX.

Red Gate Power Plant — 224 MW gas plant, Hidalgo County, TX

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Overview

Nameplate capacity: 224.4 MW
EIA
Net summer capability: 219.6 MW
EIA
Engine generators: 12
Wärtsilä 18V50SG
Commercial operation: Dec 2016
EIA
Settlement point: REDGATE_RN
ERCOT settlement point.
Resource stack: 4 resources
REDGATE_AGR_A · REDGATE_AGR_B · REDGATE_AGR_C
Registry anchor: Plant 59391
South Texas Electric Cooperative

Infrastructure record

Operator: South Texas Electric Coop, Inc

Profile

Grid role: Flexible natural-gas generation owned by a generation-and-transmission cooperative.
Capacity scope: 224.4 MW EIA nameplate · 219.6 MW net summer · 225 MW supplier project description.
Equipment: Twelve Wärtsilä 18V50SG reciprocating engines.
Market model: Four ERCOT resource aggregations at REDGATE_RN.

Structured profile

Nameplate capacity: 224.4 MW
EIA
Net summer capability: 219.6 MW
EIA
Equipment: 12 Wärtsilä 18V50SG engines
Wärtsilä
Owner and operator: South Texas Electric Cooperative
EIA

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
ENG01	18.7 MW 18.3 MW summer	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine Natural Gas · IC	Dec 2016	Operating
ENG02	18.7 MW 18.3 MW summer	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine Natural Gas · IC	Dec 2016	Operating
ENG03	18.7 MW 18.3 MW summer	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine Natural Gas · IC	Dec 2016	Operating
ENG04	18.7 MW 18.3 MW summer

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 224.4 MW
National rank: #4
TX rank: #2

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

391.7 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

18.6%

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

REDGATE_RN

high confidence spatial and capacity match

Market resources

4 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

Coordinate Parcel Area

2025

338.82 Acres

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 958400; HIDALGO APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Id

2025

958400

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 958400; HIDALGO APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Market Value

2025

948696

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 958400; HIDALGO APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

Coordinate Parcel Owner

2025

SOUTH TEXAS ELECTRIC COOP INC

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 958400; HIDALGO APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel intersecting

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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AssetOwner / operator

Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

South Texas Electric CooperativeOwner and EIA registered operatorEIA May 2026 generator inventory

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Jan 8, 2013
Jan 8, 2013
Engine Order AnnouncedWärtsilä Re...
Wärtsilä announced twelve 18V50SG engines for the project.
Dec 2016
Dec 2016
Generators Entered Service

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

South Texas Electric Coop, Inc

Entity 17583

Operating portfolio

3 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

618.8 MW

Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine · Petroleum Liquids

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Red Gate Power PlantCurrent	224.4 MW	TX
Pearsall	201.6 MW	TX
Sam Rayburn	192.8 MW	TX

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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Generation

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