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Natural gas power plants in the United States

Natural gas units in the 2025 EIA-860 data total 578.4 GW of nameplate capacity, 42.0% of the US fleet. It is the main source at 1,961 plants; Texas has the most, with 83.0 GW. More of today’s natural gas capacity came online in 2002 than in any other year (65.2 GW). The oldest unit still working went into service in 1936 at Cushing, Oklahoma.

When today’s natural gas capacity was built

Above the line: capacity still operable in 2025, by the year each unit came online. Below: natural gas capacity retired in each year, including plants that have closed completely (EIA’s retired-generator file).

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States with the most natural gas capacity

  1. Texas83.0 GW
  2. Florida55.3 GW
  3. California40.2 GW
  4. Pennsylvania29.9 GW
  5. New York24.3 GW
  6. Louisiana20.9 GW
  7. North Carolina19.3 GW
  8. Illinois18.8 GW
  9. Georgia18.6 GW
  10. Ohio18.5 GW
  11. Alabama17.5 GW
  12. Arizona17.4 GW
  13. Oklahoma16.5 GW
  14. Virginia15.1 GW
  15. Michigan14.7 GW

Largest units

The single biggest natural gas generator is unit 1 at Belews Creek, rated at 1,246 MW.

PlantStateUnit sizeOnline
Belews CreekNorth Carolina1,246 MW1974
Belews CreekNorth Carolina1,246 MW1975
RavenswoodNew York1,027 MW1965
James E. Rogers Energy ComplexNorth Carolina910 MW2012
Nine Mile PointLouisiana895 MW1973
Nine Mile PointLouisiana895 MW1971
TalenEnergy MontourPennsylvania893 MW1973
TalenEnergy MontourPennsylvania865 MW1972

The 25 largest natural gas plants

RankPlantStateRuns onCapacityFirst unitOperator
1West County Energy CenterFloridaNatural gas4,263 MW2009Florida Power & Light Co
2Crystal RiverFloridaNatural gas3,449 MW1982Duke Energy Florida, LLC
3BarryAlabamaNatural gas3,344 MW1954Alabama Power Co
4ManateeFloridaNatural gas2,951 MW1976Florida Power & Light Co
5Jack McDonoughGeorgiaNatural gas2,848 MW1971Georgia Power Co
6Fort MyersFloridaNatural gas2,681 MW1958Florida Power & Light Co
7Belews CreekNorth CarolinaNatural gas2,491 MW1974Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
8MartinFloridaNatural gas2,448 MW1994Florida Power & Light Co
9Nine Mile PointLouisianaNatural gas2,440 MW1971Entergy Louisiana LLC
10Union Power StationArkansasNatural gas2,428 MW2003Entergy Arkansas LLC
11SanfordFloridaNatural gas2,378 MW1969Florida Power & Light Co
12Jim BridgerWyomingNatural gas2,326 MW1974PacifiCorp
13H L Culbreath Bayside Power StationFloridaNatural gas2,294 MW1965Tampa Electric Co
14Hines Energy ComplexFloridaNatural gas2,266 MW1999Duke Energy Florida, LLC
15Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy ComplexNorth CarolinaNatural gas2,245 MW2001Duke Energy Progress (NC)
16Victor J Daniel JrMississippiNatural gas2,229 MW1977Mississippi Power Co
17Lincoln CombustionNorth CarolinaNatural gas2,156 MW1995Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
18Gulf Clean Energy CenterFloridaNatural gas2,108 MW1959Florida Power & Light Co
19RavenswoodNew YorkNatural gas2,096 MW1963Ravenswood Operations LLC
20Guernsey Power StationOhioNatural gas2,055 MW2023Guernsey Power Station LLC
21E C GastonAlabamaNatural gas2,034 MW1960Alabama Power Co
22H Allen Franklin Combined CycleAlabamaNatural gas1,996 MW2002Southern Power Co
23Seminole (FL)FloridaNatural gas1,898 MW1984Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc
24Forney Energy CenterTexasNatural gas1,894 MW2003LaFrontera Holdings LLC
25Midland Cogeneration VentureMichiganNatural gas1,854 MW1989Midland Cogeneration Venture

All 1,961 in the finder