Elk Station

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Operating

Commissioned: 2015
Net generation, 2025: 890,917 MWh
Grid: 345 kV to Southwestern Public Service Co (SWPP)
Location: Hale County, Texas
Operated by: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2015 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2015 to 2025

Owner: Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.Source100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023

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Technology: Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age: 11 years since 2015
Unused energy: 4,360 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 11,642 Btu/kWh 2025

All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Golden Spread Electric Cooperative Inc Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000002260 Unit ids G100000402957, G100000402958, G100000402959 Location id L100000401982 Eia plant ids 58835
Grid	Nerc region MRO Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 345 Transmission owner Southwestern Public Service Co Balancing authority code SWPP Balancing authority name Southwest Power Pool
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110067543634 Subparts reported C, D NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1012043
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	10,372,099
Capacity factor, 2025	0.170
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	11,642
Net generation (MWh), 2025	890,917
Balancing authority code	SWPP

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Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

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