Largest natural gas power plants in ERCOT

Natural gas power plants ranked by EIA-reported nameplate capacity. Rankings use EIA-anchored plant records in ERCOT.

Plants
273
Ranked operating records
EIA nameplate capacity
65.7 GW
Sum across this peer set
Largest
1,894.2 MW
Forney Energy Center

Natural gas capacity ranking

273 matching plants·ranked by nameplate capacity

RankPlantCapacity
101SpencerCity of Garland - (TX)126.5 MW
102Friendswood EnergyTejas Power Generation LLC121.5 MW
103Calhoun Port ComfortPeaker Power, LLC121 MW
104ChamonPeaker Power, LLC121 MW
105Hal C Weaver Power PlantUniversity of Texas at Austin104.5 MW
106Victoria Texas PlantInvista102.4 MW
107Texas Gulf SulphurWharton County Generation LLC101.9 MW
108SJRR (LIG)SJRR100 MW
109Tres City Power LLCTres Power Victoria LLC100 MW
110Tres Port Power, LLCTres Power Victoria LLC100 MW
111Victoria Port IIVictoria Port Power II100 MW
112TECO CHP-1Texas Medical Center Central98 MW
113BASF Freeport WorksBASF Corporation92.7 MW
114Freeport LP Pretreatment FacilityFreeport LNG Development L.P87 MW
115Petra Nova Carbon Capture CogenPetra Nova Power I LLC82.2 MW
116Signal Hill Generating LLCSignal Hill Generating LLC80 MW
117Corpus RefineryFlint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC74.5 MW
118Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.Ascend Performance Materials52.1 MW
119Sky Global Power OneSky Global Power One Pledgor, LLC51 MW
120Central Utility Plant - Texas A&MTexas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services45.1 MW
121Ticona Polymers IncTicona Polymers Inc44.2 MW
122Corpus ChristiEquistar Chemicals LP41 MW
123Texas PetrochemicalsTPC Group, LLC35 MW
124Bryan (TX)City of Bryan - (TX)22 MW
125Enterprise Products OperatingEnterprise Products Optg LP20.7 MW
126Mont Belvieu Cogeneration UnitTarga Co-Generation LLC15 MW
127HEBHoustonDistributionCenterTexas Microgrid, LLC12.8 MW
128FTBLID2Generate ER-NG, LLC11.2 MW
129NASA Johnson Space Center CHPEnergy Systems Group LLC11.2 MW
130Village Creek Water Reclamation FacilityFt Worth City of10.6 MW
131Bridgeport Gas Processing PlantEnLink Midstream Services, LLC10.4 MW
132Cedarvale GasRPC Merchant, LLC10 MW
133OTHERTexasA&MTexas Microgrid, LLC9.6 MW
134Central Utility PlantSilicon Hills Campus, LLC8.3 MW
135HEB_CPSSADCTexas Microgrid, LLC6.4 MW
136OTHERChildrensPlanoGenerate ER-NG, LLC6.4 MW
137AbbVie WacoGenerate ER-NG, LLC5.6 MW
138HEBTEMDistCenterTexas Microgrid, LLC4.8 MW
139Robert Mueller Energy CenterAustin Energy4.6 MW
140Rice UniversityRice University3.8 MW
141Westhollow Technology CenterShell Chemical LP3.7 MW
142HEBCCBakeryTexas Microgrid, LLC3.2 MW
143HEBTEMDistCenter2ATexas Microgrid, LLC3.2 MW
144RavenChemGenerate ER-NG, LLC3.2 MW
145The Methodist Hospital, Gas TurbineThe Methodist Hospital3 MW
146OTHERCitizensHospitalTexas Microgrid, LLC2.8 MW
147OTHERNFBWATexas Microgrid, LLC2.4 MW
148Jameson Gas Processing PlantWTG Jameson, L.P.1.8 MW
149BUC00040Texas Microgrid, LLC1.6 MW
150HEB_CPS00085Texas Microgrid, LLC1.6 MW

Capacity is EIA-reported nameplate capacity, not seasonal capability or available operating capacity. A plant can include multiple generators and technologies; hybrid plants may appear in multiple peer groups.