Laredo
Webb County · ERCOT
Laredo is a 177 MW natural-gas-fired generation facility in Webb County, Texas, registered as EIA Plant ID 3439. CPS Energy owns and operates the facility. CPS states the Laredo plants consist of two GE LMS100 gas-turbine generators commissioned in 2008.
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 177 MW
EIA-reported net summer capability; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 3439
Webb County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
Laredo is operating.
- Settlement point
- LARDVFTN_G4
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
LARDVFTN_G4 · LARDVFTN_G5
Profile
- Grid role
- Firming / dispatchable thermal capacity (firming capacity to support renewables and reliability)
- Market node
- LARDVFTN · 138 kV.
- Physical build
- Two GE LMS100 aeroderivative gas turbine generators (2 units) commissioned in 2008; plant located on ~49 acres in Webb County (Laredo). Per-unit nameplate capacity reported in EIA-derived listings / project profiles as 131.8 MW each.
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 177.4 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
Laredo is operating.
- Location
- Webb County
ERCOT
- Asset role
- natural gas
ERCOT · Webb County
- Owner
- CPS Energy
CPS Energy publicly announced and then closed the acquisition of Talen’s gas plants including the Laredo facility (docs 27, 28). The closing announcement identifies CPS Energy as the new owner.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34.5 MW 32 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | May 1951 | Operating |
| 2 | 37.5 MW 32 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | May 1955 | Operating |
| 3 | 115.2 MW 105 MW summer | Natural Gas Steam Turbine Natural Gas · ST | Aug 1975 | Operating |
| 4 | 131.8 MW 90.1 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Aug 2008 | Operating |
| 5 | 131.8 MW 87.3 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Sep 2008 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 263.6 MW
- National rank
- #202
- TX rank
- #22
Monthly generation
Download CSVMonthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
ERCOT disclosed dispatch
2 ERCOT market resources · Gas turbine
Generation
3 mo through May 22, 2026Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through May 22, 2026
Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending May 22, 2026
Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.
Grid and market context
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Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsNearby substations
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Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Land and environmental record
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Market resources | LARDVFTN_G4, LARDVFTN_G5 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-3439 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/laredo. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| J K Spruce | 1,488.5 MW | TX |
| V H Braunig | 1,138 MW | TX |
| Barney M Davis | 1,082.2 MW | TX |
| Rio Nogales Power Project | 940.2 MW | TX |
| O W Sommers | 892 MW | TX |
| Nueces Bay | 730.2 MW | TX |
| Topaz Generating | 605 MW | TX |
| Arthur Von Rosenberg | 575 MW | TX |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
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Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 3 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 4 with this operating date.
- Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 5 with this operating date.
- Acquisition ClosedCPS Energy ...
CPS Energy closed the acquisition of Talen’s Corpus Christi and Laredo gas plants on May 1, 2024.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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