Power plant · Texas, United States
Permian Basin
Permian Basin is a power plant in Texas, United States, with 447 MW of capacity, owned by Luminant Generation Company LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Texas | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1988 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Luminant Generation Company LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Luminant Generation Company LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 447 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 31.5839, -102.9633 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Permian Basin is the 117th-largest of 117 power plants in Texas and the 797th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 447 MW is <0.1% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 117th of 117 | 102,590 MW | 0.44% |
| United States | 797th of 800 | 839,036 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 916th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 mines (16 operating) and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monahans | Mine | — | Operating | 19 km |
| Alpine Silica-Monahans | Mine | — | Operating | 21 km |
| Freedom Proppant Kermit Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 21 km |
| IONIC Digital Cedarvale | Data center | — | — | 47 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Luminant Generation Company LLC
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- Lake Hubbard928 MW
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- Graham635 MW
- DeCordova Steam Electric Station627 MW
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Other power plants in Texas
- W A Parish4,008 MW
- South Texas Project2,709 MW
- Comanche Peak2,430 MW
- Martin Lake2,380 MW
- Forney Energy Center1,894 MW
- Limestone1,850 MW
- Sabine1,812 MW
- Oak Grove (TX)1,795 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.