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Trinidad (TX)

Power plant · Gas, steam turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 20% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1965
Net generation, 2025
431,940 MWh
Grid
138 kV to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (ERCO)
Location
Henderson County, Texas

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age
61 years since 1965
Unused energy
1,699 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
12,443 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Vistra Corp
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001322
Unit ids
G100000403143
Location id
L100000402071
Eia plant ids
6, 3507
Grid
Nerc region
TRE
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
138
Transmission owner
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
Balancing authority code
ERCO
Balancing authority name
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110007199735
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
1000947
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20255,374,724
Capacity factor, 20250.203
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202512,443.2
Net generation (MWh), 2025431,940
Balancing authority codeERCO

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Luminant Generation Company LLC Operator EIA-860M
Vistra Corp Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources 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

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Itsee Solar Postponed Solar 8.0 mi 53.3
Brittlebush Solar and Battery Storage Postponed Solar + storage 8.2 mi 800
Armadillo Solar Center Under construction Solar 10.4 mi 150.5
Bluebonnet Prairie Wind Under construction Wind 11.8 mi 180
Elm Flats Solar Under construction Solar + storage 11.9 mi 375.8
Forest Grove - Dodd Postponed Solar + storage 12.2 mi 302

Sources EIA-860M · ERCOT

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • ERCOTOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

Attribution