This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Texas, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Texas had a total summer capacity of 168.3 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 566,502 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 48.7% natural gas, 21.9% wind, 11.6% coal, 9.9% solar, 7% nuclear, and less than 1% from hydroelectric, biomass, petroleum, and other gases. Small-scale photovoltaic installations generated an additional 5,439 GWh to the Texas electrical grid in 2025.
Texas produces and consumes far more electrical energy than any other U.S. state. It generates almost twice as much electricity as the next highest generating state, Florida. Texas has an expanding variety of generating sources to meet consumption growth. Installed wind capacity grew to 35,000 MW and solar capacity grew to 10,300 MW at the end of 2021. Wind generation exceeded nuclear in 2014 and coal in 2020, becoming the second largest energy source in the state. Fossil-fuel and nuclear generation has remained nearly constant over the past two decades, with natural gas gradually replacing coal.
Texas oil extraction operations in year 2019 included the flaring of 250 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas, with much of it concentrated in the Permian basin near Midland. This amount of wasted natural gas could have met all of the state's residential heating and cooking needs, or could have generated an amount of electrical energy nearly equal to the state's 40,000 GWh of nuclear generation.
Nuclear power stations
Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Coal and lignite
A useful map of coal generation plants is provided by the Sierra Club.
Defunct
Natural gas
Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration. Additional data sources:
Defunct
Renewable power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Biomass
Defunct
Hydroelectric dams
Wind farms
The following list emphasizes operating wind farms in Texas that are 100 MW or larger.
Solar farms
The following list emphasizes operating solar photovoltaic farms in Texas that are 20 MW or larger.
Utility companies
The following is a list of utility companies that operate in Texas:
- AEP (American Electric Power)
- Austin Energy
- Bailey County Electric Cooperative
- Bandera Electric Cooperative
- Bartlett Electric Cooperative
- Big Country Electric Cooperative
- Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
- Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative
- Brazos Electric Cooperative
- Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU)
- Calpine
- CenterPoint
- Central Texas Electric Cooperative
- Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association
- Coleman County Electric Cooperative
- Comanche Electric Cooperative Association
- Concho Valley Electric Cooperative
- Cooke County Electric Cooperative Association
- CoServ Electric
- CPS Energy
- Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative
- Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative
- East Texas Electric Cooperative
- El Paso Electric
- Entergy, Texas (Formerly Gulf States Utilities) Is a separate subsidiary of Entergy Corporation
- Fannin County Electric Cooperative
- Farmers Electric Cooperative
- Fayette Electric Cooperative
- Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
- Fort Belknap Electric Cooperative
- Golden Spread Electric Cooperative
- Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative
- Greenbelt Electric Cooperative
- Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative
- Hamilton County Electric Cooperative Association
- Harmon Electric
- Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative
- HILCO Electric Cooperative
- Houston County Electric Cooperative
- J-A-C Electric Cooperative
- Jackson Electric Cooperative
- Jasper-Newton Electric Cooperative
- Karnes Electric Cooperative
- Lamar County Electric Cooperative Association
- Lamb County Electric Cooperative
- Lea County Electric Cooperative
- Lighthouse Electric Cooperative
- Lower Colorado River Authority
- Lubbock Power and Light
- Luminant
- Lyntegar Electric Cooperative
- Magic Valley Electric Cooperative
- Medina Electric Cooperative
- MidSouth Electric Cooperative
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- Navarro County Electric Cooperative
- Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative
- North Plains Electric Cooperative
- Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative
- NRG Energy includes Reliant Energy, Green Mountain Energy
- Nueces Electric Cooperative
- Oncor Electric Delivery
- Panda Energy International
- Panola-Harrison Electric Cooperative
- Pedernales Electric Cooperative
- Quanta Services
- Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative
- Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
- Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative
- Rusk County Electric Cooperative
- Sam Houston Electric Cooperative
- San Bernard Electric Cooperative
- San Miguel Electric Cooperative
- San Patricio Electric Cooperative
- South Plains Electric Cooperative
- South Texas Electric Cooperative
- Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative
- Southwest Rural Electric Association
- Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative
- Swisher Electric Cooperative
- Taylor Electric Cooperative
- Touchstone Energy
- Tri-County Electric Cooperative
- Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative
- United Cooperative Services
- Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative
- Victoria Electric Cooperative
- Vistra Energy (formerly Energy Future Holdings) (includes Luminant and TXU)
- Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
- Wharton County Electric Cooperative
- Wise Electric Cooperative
- Wood County Electric Cooperative
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