# Winchester Power Park

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/winchester-power-park

Lower Colorado River Authority · Fayette County · ERCOT

Winchester Power Park is a natural-gas peaking facility in Winchester, Fayette County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 56674. LCRA owns and operates it. LCRA states the plant was built in 2009, has 184 MW net maximum capacity, and uses four jet-engine turbines that can reach full capacity in about 10 minutes.

## Profile

- **Grid role:** Peaking (natural‑gas peaker — used to serve peak demand)
- **Physical build:** Winchester Power Park is a natural-gas peaking plant built with four aeroderivative combustion-turbine generating units (four 'jet-engine' turbines). Sources identify four separate generating units (market-resource IDs WIPOPA_WPP_G1. G4) and indicate LM6000 aeroderivative combustion turbines as the unit model.

## Metrics

- **Reported capacity:** 184 MW — LCRA · current net maximum capacity
- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine — Primary generation technology.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 56674 — Lower Colorado River Authority · Fayette County · ERCOT
- **Operating status:** Operating — Winchester Power Park is operating.
- **Resource stack:** 4 resources — WIPOPA_WPP_G1 · WIPOPA_WPP_G2 · WIPOPA_WPP_G3

## Facts

- **Operating status:** operating — Winchester Power Park is operating. · confidence: medium
- **Location:** Fayette County — ERCOT · confidence: high
- **Operator:** Lower Colorado River Authority · confidence: high
- **Asset role:** natural gas — ERCOT · Fayette County
- **Owner:** Lower Colorado River Authority · confidence: high

## Related parties

- **Operator:** Lower Colorado River Authority — Owner / developer associated with Winchester Power Park. ([source](https://www.lcra.org/))

## Sources

- [Full data tables 1–19 XLSX](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/xls/SEP%20Tables%20for%20MA.xlsx) — eia.gov · regulatory — 56674, 265646. The revenue shown under Other Providers represents the revenue realized from the sale of the energy and the delivery services distinctly.
- [23730 Item Number: 2261 Addendum StartPage: 0](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/23730_2261_1053948.PDF) — interchange.puc.texas.gov · regulatory — Winchester Power Park. Winchester Unit 1. 44.0. 10,884. Natural Gas Combustion Turbine 5-14-2009. Winchester Power Park. Winchester Unit 2. 44.0. 14,370.
- [LM6000 Aeroderivative Gas Turbine](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/lm6000) — gevernova.com · other — GE Vernova's LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine has more operating experience than any other aeroderivative gas turbine greater in the +40 MW space.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/winchester-power-park
Website: [Lower Colorado River Authority](https://www.lcra.org/energy/electric-power/facilities/)
Profile published: 2026-07-17T03:35:06.704Z
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/