Martin Lake

OperatingSub. Coal

Ranked #2 of 9 Sub. Coal plants in TX#7 of 103 nationally

2379.6 MW Sub. Coal operating in Rusk, TX — Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

EIAWD

2,379.6 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Conventional Steam Coal

Technology

1977

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

32.2606, -94.5706

County

Rusk, TX

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Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Luminant Generation Company	—
Owner(s)	Luminant Generation Company LLC	Vistra	Luminant
Status	Operating	—	—

Ownership Chain

About

Martin Lake Power Plant is a 2,250-megawatt coal power plant located southwest of Tatum, Texas, in Rusk County, Texas. The plant is owned by Luminant. It began operations in 1977. The plant is also served by the Luminant owned Martin Lake Line, shuttling coal from nearby as well as the Powder River Basin in Wyoming via BNSF.

Read more on Wikipedia

Martin Lake is a 2379.6 MW coal-fired power plant located in Rusk County, Texas. The plant began operating in 1977 and is owned by Vistra and operated by Luminant Generation Company LLC. It utilizes conventional steam coal technology with subbituminous coal (SUB) as its primary fuel source. The facility consists of three generators.

Martin Lake operates within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) balancing authority. In the most recent year of data, the plant generated 8,534,307 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 40.9%. Martin Lake is ranked as the largest coal plant in Texas (1 of 8) and the fifth-largest in the United States (5 of 75).

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Engineering & Generators