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The Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant consists of dual natural gas fired turbines and a single steam turbine run by exhaust heat from the gas turbines in a combined cycle configuration that generates 540 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The facility is located near Horseshoe Bay in Llano County, Texas, United States. It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and was named for Thomas C. Ferguson, a member of LCRA's first Board of Directors. Cooling water is provided by Lake LBJ, a freshwater reservoir created by Wirtz Dam.
Read more on WikipediaThe Thomas C Ferguson plant is a 574.6 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant located in Llano County, Texas. The plant began operating in 2014 and consists of three generators. It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority. The plant is connected to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid and falls within the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE) NERC region.
In the most recent year with available data, the Thomas C Ferguson plant generated 3,630,050 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 72.0%. The plant is the 66th largest in Texas out of 144 plants, and ranks 428th nationally out of 945 plants.
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