Tenaska Frontier Generation Station
Tenaska Frontier Partners, Ltd.Grimes County
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station is a natural gas-fired power facility with 939.7 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Grimes County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 55062. Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd owns and operates the plant. J-POWER, through its U.S. Commercial operation began in May 2000.
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Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station is operating.
345 kV · CenterPoint Energy on the ERCOT side; Entergy Transmission Operations Center or ITC Holdings on the Eastern-interconnection side
EIA plant 55062 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 183.2 | Unknown |
| GTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 183.2 | Unknown |
| GTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 183.2 | Unknown |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 390.1 | Unknown |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTG1 | 183.2 MW 155 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | May 2000 | Operating |
| GTG2 | 183.2 MW 155 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | May 2000 | Operating |
| GTG3 | 183.2 MW 155 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | May 2000 | Operating |
| STG1 | 390.1 MW 395 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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Financing for the project was completed on August 27, 1998. Credit Lyonnais arranged and underwrote the construction and term-loan financing.
ERCOT
ERCOT · Grimes County
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
12 ERCOT market resources · Combined-cycle gas
Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Observed ERCOT settlement prices at FTR_CC1 over 365 days (2025-11-02 to 2026-11-01). This plant is also crosswalked to FTR_FTR_G1_4; 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.
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Tenaska Frontier Partners and Power Team announced that construction would begin immediately on the 830 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle facility near Shiro, Texas. GBV-Texas L. P. was selected as EPC contractor, and General Electric was to supply three gas turbines and one steam turbine.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station entered commercial operation.
The Frontier generating station entered commercial operation in September 2000.
Tenaska reported that the facility had completed 25 years of operation, generated nearly 100 million MWh, and continued supplying both ERCOT and MISO.
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Tenaska Frontier Generation Station reports 939.7 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Grimes County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station is in Grimes County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station is operated by Tenaska Frontier Partners Ltd according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station reported 4,718.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
Tenaska Frontier Generation Station interconnects at Grimes 345 kV Station, on the CenterPoint Energy on the ERCOT side; Entergy Transmission Operations Center or ITC Holdings on the Eastern-interconnection side system.
By capacity, Tenaska Frontier Generation Station ranks #104 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #15 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.