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.
Overview
Key fields
- 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
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.
Structured profile
- Operating status
- operating
Winchester Power Park is operating.
- Location
- Fayette County
ERCOT
- Operator
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- Asset role
- natural gas
ERCOT · Fayette County
- Owner
- Lower Colorado River Authority
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGT1 | 60.5 MW 44 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | May 2010 | Operating |
| CGT2 | 60.5 MW 44 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | May 2010 | Operating |
| CGT3 | 60.5 MW 44 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | May 2010 | Operating |
| CGT4 | 60.5 MW 44 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | May 2010 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 242 MW
- National rank
- #216
- TX rank
- #25
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
4 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
Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.
Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsNearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, land, and environmental record
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Owner / developer associated with Winchester Power Park. | |
| Market resources | WIPOPA_WPP_G1, WIPOPA_WPP_G2, WIPOPA_WPP_G3, WIPOPA_WPP_G4 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-56674 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/winchester-power-park. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| Fayette Power Project | 1,690 MW | TX |
| Sim Gideon | 623 MW | TX |
| Lost Pines 1 Power Project | 609 MW | TX |
| Thomas C Ferguson | 574.6 MW | TX |
| Winchester Power ParkCurrent | 242 MW | TX |
| Timmerman Power Plant | 180 MW | TX |
| Marshall Ford | 108 MW | TX |
| Buchanan Dam (TX) | 54.9 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
- Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator CGT1, generator CGT2, generator CGT3, generator CGT4 with this operating date.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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