Sand Hill

Power plant · Gas, combined cycle

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Power plant · Gas, combined cycle Operating

Commissioned: 2001
Net generation, 2025: 1,960,692 MWh
Grid: 138 kV to Austin Energy (ERCO)
Location: Travis County, Texas
Operated by: Austin EnergySourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2002 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2002 to 2026

Owner: Austin EnergySource100.0%, 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, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
Age: 25 years since 2001
Unused energy: 4,140 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: 8,458 Btu/kWh 2025

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

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Austin Energy Corp Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000002179 Unit ids G100000402184, G100000402492, G100000402493, G100000402494, G100000402495, G100000402496, G100000402497 Location id L100000401733 Eia plant ids 5, 7900
Grid	Nerc region TRE Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 138 Transmission owner Austin Energy Balancing authority code ERCO Balancing authority name Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110071161706 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 1000669
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	16,582,792
Capacity factor, 2025	0.321
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	8,457.6
Net generation (MWh), 2025	1,960,692
Balancing authority code	ERCO

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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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