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Power plant · Gas, steam turbine

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Power plant · Gas, steam turbine Operating

Commissioned: 1965
Net generation, 2025: 826,681 MWh
Grid: 138 kV to Lower Colorado River Authority (ERCO)
Location: Bastrop County, Texas
Operated by: Lower Colorado River AuthoritySourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

Owner: Lower Colorado River AuthoritySource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of 31 Dec 2023

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Technology: Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age: 61 years since 1965
Unused energy: 4,631 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: 11,230 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region TRE Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 138 Transmission owner Lower Colorado River Authority Balancing authority code ERCO Balancing authority name Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110035784112 Subparts reported 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 1000954
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	9,284,017
Capacity factor, 2025	0.151
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	11,230.5
Net generation (MWh), 2025	826,681
Balancing authority code	ERCO