How many hydro power plants are in Texas?

Texas has 23 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.7 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Texas?

Marshall Ford in Travis County, Texas is the largest, at 108 MW. It came online in 1941.

How many hydro power plants were built in Texas in 2025?

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

Who is developing hydro 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.

Hydro power plants in Texas

Texas has 23 operating hydro power plants with 0.7 GW of capacity.

Operating23

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Texas had 22 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 23 in 2026

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

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

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Texas

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Marshall Ford	Travis County	1941	108 MW
2	Denison	Grayson County	1949	104 MW
3	Toledo Bend	Newton County	1969	81 MW
4	Amistad Dam & Power	Val Verde County	1983	66 MW
5	Buchanan Dam (TX)	Llano County	1950	55 MW
6	Granite Shoals	Burnet County	1951	54 MW
7	Sam Rayburn Dam	Jasper County	1965	52 MW
8	Whitney	Bosque County	1953	42 MW
9	Marble Falls	Burnet County	1951	40 MW
10	Falcon Dam & Power	Starr County	1954	32 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Texas

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	RC Thomas Hydroelectric Project	Polk County	2020	27 MW
2	Lewisville	Denton County	1992	3 MW
3	Robert D Willis	Jasper County	1989	8 MW
4	Canyon	Comal County	1989	6 MW
5	Amistad Dam & Power	Val Verde County	1983	66 MW
6	Toledo Bend	Newton County	1969	81 MW
7	Sam Rayburn Dam	Jasper County	1965	52 MW
8	Falcon Dam & Power	Starr County	1954	32 MW
9	Whitney	Bosque County	1953	42 MW
10	Marble Falls	Burnet County	1951	40 MW

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

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro 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 hydro power plants in Texas

How many hydro power plants are in Texas?: Texas has 23 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.7 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Texas?: Marshall Ford in Travis County, Texas is the largest, at 108 MW. It came online in 1941.
How many hydro power plants were built in Texas in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Texas in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro 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.