How many coal power plants are in Texas?

Texas has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 17 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in Texas?

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 Texas in 2025?

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

Who is developing coal power plants in Texas?

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 Texas

Texas has 12 operating coal power plants with 17 GW of capacity.

Operating12

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Texas had 12 coal power plants online in 2016 and 12 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 Texas

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	W A Parish	Fort Bend County	1982	2,737 MW
2	Martin Lake	Rusk County	1979	2,380 MW
3	Limestone	Limestone County	1986	1,850 MW
4	Oak Grove (TX)	Robertson County	2011	1,795 MW
5	Fayette Power Project	Fayette County	1988	1,690 MW
6	J K Spruce	Bexar County	2010	1,489 MW
7	Tolk	Lamb County	1985	1,136 MW
8	Welsh	Titus County	1982	1,116 MW
9	Sandy Creek Energy Station	McLennan County	2013	1,008 MW
10	Coleto Creek	Goliad County	1980	622 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Texas

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Sandy Creek Energy Station	McLennan County	2013	1,008 MW
2	Oak Grove (TX)	Robertson County	2011	1,795 MW
3	J K Spruce	Bexar County	2010	1,489 MW
4	Major Oak Power	Robertson County	1991	349 MW
5	Fayette Power Project	Fayette County	1988	1,690 MW
6	Limestone	Limestone County	1986	1,850 MW
7	Tolk	Lamb County	1985	1,136 MW
8	W A Parish	Fort Bend County	1982	2,737 MW
9	Welsh	Titus County	1982	1,116 MW
10	San Miguel	Atascosa County	1982	410 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 Texas

How many coal power plants are in Texas?: Texas has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 17 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Texas?: 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 Texas in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in Texas in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Texas?: 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.