- Combustion
- Storage
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Retired
- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
Map
- Combustion
- Storage
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Retired
- Size not stated
Abilene: location and 2 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Abilene
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1949
- Net generation, 2002
- 0 MWh
- Location
- Taylor County, Texas
- Operated by
- AEP Texas North CompanySourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
- Age
- 77 years since 1949
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- May 2005
- Capacity retired
- 15 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 15 MW | Retired | May 2005 |
Grid
Not in EIA-860Grid fieldsEIA-860 states no grid voltage or transmission owner for this plant: its annual file lists plants with a generator in the report year, so a plant that retired earlier is not in it.Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 7842967)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 7841718)
- 345 kV line (OSM way 171734094)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 343665446)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 491193010)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 491193011)
- Lower Colorado River Authority 138 kV line (OSM way 21147867)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 491192857)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 491192986)
- American Electric Power 69 kV line (OSM way 7840034)
Connection points within 25 km (1)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Unit 4 scheduled to retire, 15 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · OpenStreetMap · ERCOT · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- OpenStreetMap power network, US — transmission lines and cables (69 kV and up, or voltage not tagged) and substations, from Geofabrik's US state extracts© OpenStreetMap contributors. Power lines, cables and substations filtered and reshaped by Inframation from the OpenStreetMap elements in Overture Maps' base/infrastructure theme; this derived database is available under the Open Database License 1.0 as GeoParquet files at https://tiles.inframation.io/grid/osm-power/ (latest.json names the current version's files; licence: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- ERCOT GIS Report (Generator Interconnection Status)
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Rock BESS Studied | Storage | 10.5 km | 156 |
| ABILENE DATA CENTER PH3 BLDGS 9-10 Under construction | Large load | 23.4 km |
Sources ERCOT · EIA-860M · EPA ICIS-NPDES · FAA OE/AAA