How many coal power plants are in ERCOT?

ERCOT has 10 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in ERCOT?

W A Parish in Fort Bend County, Texas is the largest, at 2,737 MW. It came online in 1982.

How many coal power plants were built in ERCOT in 2025?

0 coal power plants came online in ERCOT in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing coal power plants in ERCOT?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Coal power plants in ERCOT

ERCOT has 10 operating coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity.

Operating10

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

ERCOT had 10 coal power plants online in 2016 and 10 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Coal power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest coal power plants in ERCOT

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	W A Parish	Fort Bend County, Texas	1982	2,737 MW
2	Martin Lake	Rusk County, Texas	1979	2,380 MW
3	Limestone	Limestone County, Texas	1986	1,850 MW
4	Oak Grove (TX)	Robertson County, Texas	2011	1,795 MW
5	Fayette Power Project	Fayette County, Texas	1988	1,690 MW
6	J K Spruce	Bexar County, Texas	2010	1,489 MW
7	Sandy Creek Energy Station	McLennan County, Texas	2013	1,008 MW
8	Coleto Creek	Goliad County, Texas	1980	622 MW
9	San Miguel	Atascosa County, Texas	1982	410 MW
10	Major Oak Power	Robertson County, Texas	1991	349 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in ERCOT

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Sandy Creek Energy Station	McLennan County, Texas	2013	1,008 MW
2	Oak Grove (TX)	Robertson County, Texas	2011	1,795 MW
3	J K Spruce	Bexar County, Texas	2010	1,489 MW
4	Major Oak Power	Robertson County, Texas	1991	349 MW
5	Fayette Power Project	Fayette County, Texas	1988	1,690 MW
6	Limestone	Limestone County, Texas	1986	1,850 MW
7	W A Parish	Fort Bend County, Texas	1982	2,737 MW
8	San Miguel	Atascosa County, Texas	1982	410 MW
9	Coleto Creek	Goliad County, Texas	1980	622 MW
10	Martin Lake	Rusk County, Texas	1979	2,380 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in ERCOT

How many coal power plants are in ERCOT?: ERCOT has 10 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in ERCOT?: W A Parish in Fort Bend County, Texas is the largest, at 2,737 MW. It came online in 1982.
How many coal power plants were built in ERCOT in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in ERCOT in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in ERCOT?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.