ERCOT power plants by county
Every county in ERCOT with at least 3 EIA-registered power plants — 90 in total, ranked by installed nameplate capacity.
- Counties
- 90
- Plants covered
- 718
- Nameplate capacity
- 123 GW
At least 3 plants each
EIA-registered records
Sum across listed counties
Counties by installed capacity
1Harris County, TXnatural gas · batteries · petroleum69 plants8.5 GW2Fort Bend County, TXcoal · solar · natural gas20 plants5.4 GW3Bexar County, TXnatural gas · coal · solar20 plants4.1 GW4Brazoria County, TXnatural gas · solar · batteries32 plants3.7 GW5Pecos County, TXsolar · wind · batteries25 plants3.2 GW6Wharton County, TXnatural gas · solar7 plants2.9 GW7Chambers County, TXnatural gas6 plants2.9 GW8Hidalgo County, TXnatural gas · batteries · wind22 plants2.8 GW9Nolan County, TXwind · solar16 plants2.8 GW10Matagorda County, TXnuclear · wind · batteries5 plants2.8 GW11Nueces County, TXnatural gas · wind · petroleum13 plants2.7 GW12Limestone County, TXcoal · wind · solar5 plants2.7 GW13Lamar County, TXnatural gas · solar7 plants2.4 GW14Hood County, TXnatural gas3 plants2.4 GW15Bell County, TXnatural gas · solar9 plants2.4 GW16Ector County, TXnatural gas · solar · wind13 plants2.3 GW17Ellis County, TXnatural gas · solar4 plants2.2 GW18Scurry County, TXwind · solar · natural gas12 plants2.2 GW19Wise County, TXnatural gas · batteries4 plants2.1 GW20Galveston County, TXnatural gas · batteries · other16 plants2.1 GW21Robertson County, TXcoal · batteries3 plants2.1 GW22Fayette County, TXcoal · solar · natural gas3 plants2 GW23San Patricio County, TXwind · natural gas7 plants1.9 GW24Upton County, TXwind · solar · batteries7 plants1.8 GW25Guadalupe County, TXnatural gas · hydroelectric · solar7 plants1.8 GW26Dallas County, TXnatural gas · petroleum · biomass13 plants1.8 GW27Borden County, TXwind · solar · batteries8 plants1.7 GW28Bastrop County, TXnatural gas3 plants1.7 GW29Webb County, TXwind · solar · natural gas12 plants1.7 GW30Calhoun County, TXnatural gas · solar · other8 plants1.6 GW31Travis County, TXnatural gas · batteries · solar17 plants1.5 GW32Sterling County, TXwind · solar6 plants1.5 GW33Willacy County, TXwind6 plants1.4 GW34Haskell County, TXwind · solar6 plants1.4 GW35Tarrant County, TXnatural gas · batteries · solar22 plants1.4 GW36Cameron County, TXwind · solar · natural gas17 plants1.4 GW37Young County, TXwind · natural gas · batteries4 plants1.3 GW38Andrews County, TXsolar · wind · petroleum8 plants1.3 GW39McLennan County, TXcoal · solar · natural gas5 plants1.2 GW40Starr County, TXwind · solar · hydroelectric9 plants1.1 GW41Denton County, TXsolar · natural gas · batteries11 plants1.1 GW42Kenedy County, TXwind5 plants1.1 GW43Wilbarger County, TXwind · batteries6 plants1 GW44Crockett County, TXwind3 plants1 GW45Grimes County, TXnatural gas · batteries3 plants1 GW46Concho County, TXwind · solar4 plants1 GW47Bosque County, TXnatural gas · solar · hydroelectric6 plants985.9 MW48Navarro County, TXsolar · wind · natural gas5 plants983.4 MW49Taylor County, TXwind · natural gas4 plants971.3 MW50Carson County, TXwind5 plants960.9 MW51Knox County, TXwind4 plants954.4 MW52Mills County, TXwind4 plants849.2 MW53Victoria County, TXnatural gas · batteries · petroleum10 plants821.4 MW54Bee County, TXwind · solar4 plants808.5 MW55Grayson County, TXnatural gas · hydroelectric · solar7 plants806.5 MW56Tom Green County, TXsolar · wind · batteries5 plants804.8 MW57Milam County, TXsolar5 plants790 MW58Floyd County, TXwind5 plants758.6 MW59Glasscock County, TXwind · batteries6 plants752.2 MW60Howard County, TXwind · natural gas · solar7 plants710.9 MW61Deaf Smith County, TXwind3 plants709.8 MW62Callahan County, TXwind · batteries4 plants675.9 MW63Reeves County, TXbatteries · solar12 plants582.2 MW64Shackelford County, TXwind3 plants562.3 MW65Collin County, TXnatural gas · batteries · solar12 plants549.4 MW66Frio County, TXsolar · natural gas3 plants531.6 MW67Hill County, TXsolar4 plants516 MW68Crane County, TXbatteries · solar3 plants503 MW69Falls County, TXsolar · batteries4 plants490.6 MW70Kent County, TXsolar · wind3 plants482 MW71Cooke County, TXwind · solar5 plants477 MW72Culberson County, TXsolar · batteries4 plants474.7 MW73Ward County, TXnatural gas · batteries5 plants450.7 MW74Zapata County, TXwind · batteries4 plants440.7 MW75Eastland County, TXwind · batteries3 plants417.4 MW76Jack County, TXwind3 plants380 MW77Hunt County, TXbatteries · petroleum · solar5 plants366.6 MW78Dawson County, TXwind · solar3 plants361.2 MW79Kinney County, TXsolar · wind3 plants339.8 MW80Brazos County, TXnatural gas4 plants278.2 MW81Val Verde County, TXwind · hydroelectric · batteries4 plants218.4 MW82Fannin County, TXsolar3 plants216.1 MW83Williamson County, TXbatteries · natural gas · solar7 plants214 MW84Comal County, TXbatteries · hydroelectric · biomass3 plants209.2 MW85Erath County, TXwind · solar3 plants163.2 MW86Burnet County, TXhydroelectric3 plants107.4 MW87Wichita County, TXnatural gas · petroleum3 plants82.2 MW88Maverick County, TXbatteries · hydroelectric · natural gas3 plants27 MW89Wilson County, TXsolar7 plants7 MW90Montgomery County, TXnatural gas4 plants4.8 MW
County and state assignment come from the EIA generator inventory. Counties below the 3-plant threshold are covered on the full asset directory.