List of power stations in Texas



This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Texas had a total summer capacity of 148,900 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 525,562 GWh. In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 51.1% natural gas, 22.2% wind, 13.2% coal, 7.5% nuclear, 5.1% solar, 0.4% other gases, 0.2% biomass, 0.2% hydroelectric and 0.1% other sources. Small-scale photovoltaic installations generated an additional 4,337 GWh to the Texas electrical grid in 2023.

Texas produces and consumes far more electrical energy than any other U.S. state. It generates almost twice as much electricity as the next highest generating state, Florida. Texas has an expanding variety of generating sources to meet consumption growth. Installed wind capacity grew to 35,000 MW and solar capacity grew to 10,300 MW at the end of 2021. Wind generation exceeded nuclear in 2014, and was near to surpassing coal in the number two position in 2019. Fossil-fuel and nuclear generation has remained nearly constant over the past two decades, with natural gas gradually replacing coal.

Texas oil extraction operations in year 2019 included the flaring of 250 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas, with much of it concentrated in the Permian basin near Midland. This amount of wasted natural gas could have met all of the state's residential heating and cooking needs, or could have generated an amount of electrical energy nearly equal to the state's 40,000 GWh of nuclear generation.

Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Coal and lignite
A useful map of coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club.

Natural gas
Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration. Additional data sources:

Renewable power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Wind farms
The following list emphasizes operating wind farms in Texas that are 100 MW or larger.

Solar farms
The following list emphasizes operating solar photovoltaic farms in Texas that are 20 MW or larger.

Utility companies

 * Vistra Energy (formerly Energy Future Holdings) (includes Luminant and TXU)
 * Oncor Electric Delivery
 * NRG Energy includes Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy
 * CenterPoint
 * AEP (American Electric Power)
 * Austin Energy*
 * Calpine
 * CPS Energy*
 * El Paso Electric
 * Entergy, Texas (Formerly Gulf States Utilities) Is a separate subsidiary of Entergy Corporation
 * Lubbock Power and Light*
 * Lower Colorado River Authority*
 * Luminant
 * Panda Energy International
 * Quanta Services
 * Pedernales Electric Cooperative
 * Bailey County Electric Cooperative
 * Bandera Electric Cooperative
 * Bartlett Electric Cooperative
 * Big Country Electric Cooperative
 * Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
 * Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative
 * Brazos Electric Cooperative
 * Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU)
 * Central Texas Electric Cooperative
 * Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association
 * Coleman County Electric Cooperative
 * Comanche Electric Cooperative Association
 * Concho Valley Electric Cooperative
 * Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association
 * CoServ Electric
 * Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative
 * Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative
 * East Texas Electric Cooperative
 * Fannin County Electric Cooperative
 * Farmers Electric Cooperative
 * Fayette Electric Cooperative
 * Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
 * Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative
 * Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
 * Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative
 * Greenbelt Electric Cooperative
 * Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative
 * Hamilton County Electric Cooperative Association
 * Harmon Electric
 * Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative
 * HILCO Electric Cooperative
 * Houston County Electric Cooperative
 * J-A-C Electric Cooperative
 * Jackson Electric Cooperative
 * Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative
 * Karnes Electric Cooperative
 * Lamar County Electric Cooperative Association
 * Lamb County Electric Cooperative
 * Lea County Electric Cooperative
 * Lighthouse Electric Cooperative
 * Lyntegar Electric Cooperative
 * Magic Valley Electric Cooperative
 * Medina Electric Cooperative
 * MidSouth Electric Cooperative
 * Navarro County Electric Cooperative
 * Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative
 * North Plains Electric Cooperative
 * Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative
 * Nueces Electric Cooperative
 * Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
 * Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative
 * Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
 * Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative
 * Rusk County Electric Cooperative
 * Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
 * San Bernard Electric Cooperative
 * San Miguel Electric Cooperative
 * San Patricio Electric Cooperative
 * South Plains Electric Cooperative
 * South Texas Electric Cooperative
 * Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative
 * Southwest Rural Electric Association
 * Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative
 * Swisher Electric Cooperative
 * Taylor Electric Cooperative
 * Tri-County Electric Cooperative
 * Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
 * United Cooperative Services
 * Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative
 * Victoria Electric Cooperative
 * Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
 * Wharton County Electric Cooperative
 * Wise Electric Cooperative
 * Wood County Electric Cooperative


 * public utility
 * Touchstone Energy
 * National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Other energy-related companies in Texas

 * Enbridge
 * Enel Green Power
 * Foster Wheeler
 * Southwestern Energy
 * Texas Energy Engineers