How many natural gas power plants are in ERCOT?

ERCOT has 281 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 70 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in ERCOT?

Forney Energy Center in Kaufman County, Texas is the largest, at 1,894 MW. It came online in 2003.

How many natural gas power plants were built in ERCOT in 2025?

2 natural gas power plants came online in ERCOT in 2025, with 8 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas 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.

Natural gas power plants in ERCOT

ERCOT has 281 operating natural gas power plants with 70 GW of capacity. 2 came online in 2025.

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See planned natural gas power plants in ERCOT

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

ERCOT had 114 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 281 in 2026

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

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in ERCOT

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Forney Energy Center	Kaufman County, Texas	2003	1,894 MW
2	Midlothian Energy Facility	Ellis County, Texas	2001	1,734 MW
3	Temple Power Station	Bell County, Texas	2015	1,606 MW
4	Cedar Bayou	Chambers County, Texas	1972	1,530 MW
5	Kiamichi Energy Facility	Pittsburg County, Oklahoma	2003	1,370 MW
6	Handley	Tarrant County, Texas	1977	1,315 MW
7	Jack County	Wise County, Texas	2011	1,280 MW
8	W A Parish	Fort Bend County, Texas	1968	1,272 MW
9	Wolf Hollow II	Hood County, Texas	2017	1,231 MW
10	Colorado Bend II	Wharton County, Texas	2017	1,230 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in ERCOT

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Pyote Gas	Ward County, Texas	2026	10 MW
2	NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station	Harris County, Texas	2026	377 MW
3	Friendswood Energy	Harris County, Texas	2026	265 MW
4	Pin Oak Creek Energy Center, LLC	Freestone County, Texas	2026	444 MW
5	Timmerman Power Plant	Caldwell County, Texas	2026	368 MW
6	Cedarvale Gas	Ward County, Texas	2026	10 MW
7	OTHERChildrensPlano	Collin County, Texas	2025	6 MW
8	HEB_CPS00793	Bexar County, Texas	2025	1 MW
9	HEB00797	Harris County, Texas	2024	1 MW
10	HEBTEMDistCenter	Bell County, Texas	2024	6 MW

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

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in ERCOT

How many natural gas power plants are in ERCOT?: ERCOT has 281 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 70 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in ERCOT?: Forney Energy Center in Kaufman County, Texas is the largest, at 1,894 MW. It came online in 2003.
How many natural gas power plants were built in ERCOT in 2025?: 2 natural gas power plants came online in ERCOT in 2025, with 8 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas 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.