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The W.A. Parish Generating Station is a 3.65-gigawatt, dual-fired power plant located near Thompsons, Texas. The station occupies a 4,664-acre site near Smithers Lake southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County and consists of two four-unit plants; one natural gas and the other coal. With a total installed capacity of 3,653 MW, it is the second largest conventional power station in the US, and supplies about fifteen percent of the energy in the Houston area. NRG Energy owns and operates the plant.
Read more on WikipediaThe W A Parish power plant, located in Fort Bend County, Texas, has a total capacity of 4008.4 MW across 9 generators. The plant began operating in 1958 and is owned by NRG Energy, with NRG Texas Power LLC as the operator. The primary fuel source is natural gas, although the plant utilizes a mix of technologies including conventional steam coal, natural gas fired combustion turbines, and natural gas steam turbines, classifying it as a hybrid plant.
In the most recent year with available data, the W A Parish plant generated 15,578,685 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 44.3%. The plant operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority. It is the largest power plant out of 144 in Texas and ranks 4th out of 945 nationally.
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