Forney Energy Center
Forney Energy Center is a natural gas plant in Kaufman County, Texas, operated by LaFrontera Holdings LLC. It ranks fifth by nameplate capacity among Texas’s 1,023 power plants. It is the biggest of Texas’s 305 natural gas plants.
Nameplate capacity, 2025
1,894 MW
1,770 MW net summer capacity
8 operable units
- Gas combined cycle1,894 MW100%
Unit by unit, 2003 to 2025
operating in 2025bar height follows unit size
Unit ST1 Gas combined cycle, 382 MW, 2003
Unit ST2 Gas combined cycle, 382 MW, 2003
Unit U1 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Unit U2 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Unit U3 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Unit U4 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Unit U5 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Unit U6 Gas combined cycle, 188 MW, 2003
Among Texas’s plants
Largest plants in the state by nameplate capacity, with the plants ranked next to this one.
- 1W A Parish4,008 MW
- 2South Texas Project2,709 MW
- 3Comanche Peak2,430 MW
- 4Martin Lake2,380 MW
- 5Forney Energy Centerthis plant
- 6Limestone1,850 MW
- 7Sabine1,812 MW
Other rankings
- All US power plants
- 79th of 14,286
- US natural gas plants
- 24th of 1,961
- Plants in the ERCOT (Texas) balancing area
- 5th of 935
- Plants run by LaFrontera Holdings LLC
- 1st of 3
- Biggest single unit, among Texas’s plants
- 47th of 1,023
Operable units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U1 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 165 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| U2 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 157 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| U3 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 157 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| ST1 | Gas combined cycle | 382 MW | 406 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| U4 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 165 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| U5 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 157 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| U6 | Gas combined cycle | 188 MW | 157 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| ST2 | Gas combined cycle | 382 MW | 406 MW | 2003 | Operating |
Grid and site
- Balancing area
- ERCOT (Texas)
- Reliability region
- Texas Reliability Entity
- Highest grid connection voltage
- 345 kV
- Water source
- Duck Creek Water Treatment
- Nearest town on record
- Forney
- Operator type
- Independent producer
- Coordinates
- 32.756°N, 96.492°W
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