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- Operating
- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Midlothian Energy Facility
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 46% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2000
- Net generation, 2025
- 6,947,910 MWh
- Grid
- 345 kV to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (ERCO)
- Location
- Ellis County, Texas
- Operated by
- Midlothian Energy, LLC
Output
- Gas
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Vistra Corp
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
- Age
- 26 years since 2000
- Unused energy
- 8,242 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
- 7,265 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
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| Grid |
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| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
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| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 50,475,211 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.457 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 7,264.8 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 6,947,910 |
| Balancing authority code | ERCO |
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDLOTHIAN ENERGY, LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Vistra Corp | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global 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.
- 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
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARKA Built | Large load | 1.6 km | |
| TX 14 Venus Mill Storage Postponed | Storage | 2.2 km | 100 |
| AREP Powerhouse Crane (Midlothian data centre) Filed | Large load | 5.5 km | |
| WAL4279 Postponed | Gas, reciprocating engine | 7.6 km | 1.2 |
| Hill County Generation Facility Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 21.1 km | 928 |
| Cedar Hill ESS Filed | Storage | 23.6 km | 10 |
| Emerald Hill Energy Storage Postponed | Storage | 23.6 km | 250 |
Sources EPA ICIS-Air · EPA ICIS-NPDES · EIA-860M · FAA OE/AAA
Sources
- EPA ECHO ICIS-Air national facility download (data-centre selection, placed through FRS)
- EPA ECHO ICIS-NPDES construction stormwater coverage (data-centre sites, national)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- FAA OE/AAA Part 77 obstruction evaluation case archives (data-centre sites, buildings and cranes)