GridPlants

Power plants operated by Luminant Generation Company LLC

Luminant Generation Company LLC operates 13 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 11.3 GW of nameplate capacity, the 19th-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. They are spread over two states: Texas and Virginia. Coal is 37% of the capacity; the largest site is Comanche Peak. Its oldest working unit dates from 1958, at Stryker Creek. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 428 MW.

  • Coal4,175 MW37%
  • Natural gas3,709 MW33%
  • Nuclear2,430 MW22%
  • Oil and petroleum550 MW4.9%
  • Battery storage269 MW2.4%
  • Solar159 MW1.4%

Capacity by decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumSolarBattery storage

Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.

1 GW2 GW3 GW1 GW2 GW1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s0

Plants

PlantStateRuns onCapacityFirst unit
Comanche PeakTexasNuclear2,430 MW1990
Martin LakeTexasCoal2,380 MW1977
Oak Grove (TX)TexasCoal1,795 MW2010
Lake HubbardTexasNatural gas928 MW1970
Stryker CreekTexasNatural gas713 MW1958
GrahamTexasNatural gas635 MW1960
DeCordova Steam Electric StationTexasNatural gas627 MW1990
Morgan CreekTexasOil and petroleum536 MW1988
Permian BasinTexasNatural gas447 MW1988
Hopewell CogenerationVirginiaNatural gas399 MW1990
Trinidad (TX)TexasNatural gas243 MW1965
Emerald GroveTexasSolar108 MW2023
BrightsideTexasSolar50.7 MW2022