# Stryker Creek

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/stryker-creek

Luminant · Cherokee County · ERCOT

Stryker Creek is a natural-gas steam-electric plant in Cherokee County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory lists two steam turbines and five small petroleum-liquid standby generators: 713.4 MW nameplate and 679 MW net summer and winter capability in total. The steam units entered service in June 1958 and December 1965.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Dispatchable steam generation in ERCOT, with two large natural-gas steam units and five small petroleum-liquid standby generators.
- **Operating configuration:** ST1 is 176.8 MW nameplate and ST2 is 526.6 MW nameplate; five 2 MW standby generators bring the plant total to 713.4 MW nameplate.
- **Market mapping:** ERCOT records use SCSES_UNIT1A and SCSES_UNIT2 for the two steam resources; the current public settlement-point list includes SCSES_UNIT2.

## Metrics

- **Net summer capacity:** 679 MW — EIA May 2026 · seven generator records
- **Nameplate capacity:** 713.4 MW — 2 steam turbines · 5 standby generators
- **Net winter capacity:** 679 MW — EIA May 2026
- **Current settlement point:** SCSES_UNIT2 — ERCOT current public listing
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3504 — Luminant Generation Company LLC

## Facts

- **Net summer capacity:** 679 MW — EIA May 2026 · seven generator records · confidence: high
- **Nameplate capacity:** 713.4 MW — EIA May 2026 · confidence: high
- **Net winter capacity:** 679 MW — EIA May 2026 · confidence: high
- **Operator:** Luminant Generation Company LLC — EIA May 2026 · confidence: high
- **Configuration:** 2 steam turbines · 5 standby generators — EIA May 2026 · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Operator:** Luminant Generation Company LLC — Operator for Stryker Creek ([source](https://luminant.com/))

## Sources

- [EIA May 2026 generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · regulatory — Current generator records, capacity scopes, dates, status, operator, and technology.

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Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:34:51.041Z
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