Power plant · Texas, United States

Sandow No 5 Power Plant

Sandow No 5 Power Plant is a closed coal power plant in Texas, United States, with 1,025 MW of capacity, operated by Luminant Generation Company LLC.

Grid connection

It closed in 2018, which freed up a 1,025 MW grid connection at 138 kV to the grid of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

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	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1953	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2018	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	1,025 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Steam Coal	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	138 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	30.5681, -97.0614	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Sandow No 5 is the 35th-largest of 131 power plants in Texas and the 316th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 1,025 MW is 0.11% of the 917,512 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	35th of 131	111,585 MW	0.92%
United States	316th of 1,009	917,512 MW	0.11%
All power plants in our data	477th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1953Started operating
2018Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 mines (3 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
Three Oaks	Mine	—	Closed	22 km
Standard Pit	Mine	—	Operating	35 km
Elgin Plant	Mine	—	Operating	38 km
OpenAI Stargate Milam	Data center	—	Under construction	48 km

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Sabine1,812 MW

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