Fuel type

Natural Gas power plants in the United States

1,996 natural gas facilities totaling 578.49 GW of nameplate capacity. Texas leads with 80.85 GW across 304 plants.

1,996
Plants nationwide
578.49 GW
Total capacity
289.8 MW
Average plant size
Texas
Top state by capacity

Natural Gas capacity by state

Texas304 · 80.85 GWFlorida67 · 56.00 GWCalifornia314 · 41.41 GWPennsylvania71 · 30.09 GWNew York105 · 25.03 GWAlabama26 · 19.67 GWIllinois68 · 18.89 GWOhio49 · 18.81 GWLouisiana50 · 18.63 GWGeorgia29 · 18.48 GWOklahoma37 · 18.38 GWArizona33 · 17.48 GWNorth Carolina21 · 16.91 GWVirginia30 · 15.24 GWMichigan61 · 14.69 GWMississippi29 · 13.81 GWNew Jersey47 · 12.12 GWIndiana45 · 9.48 GWKentucky14 · 9.00 GWNevada16 · 8.82 GWColorado29 · 8.16 GWWisconsin39 · 8.04 GWSouth Carolina19 · 7.83 GWArkansas18 · 7.13 GWTennessee12 · 7.01 GWMinnesota34 · 6.60 GWMaryland16 · 6.59 GWMissouri33 · 6.15 GWMassachusetts40 · 6.06 GWConnecticut49 · 4.97 GWKansas58 · 4.76 GWIowa40 · 4.42 GWOregon13 · 4.36 GWWashington16 · 4.04 GWNew Mexico18 · 3.68 GWUtah22 · 2.98 GWDelaware10 · 2.78 GWWyoming11 · 2.73 GWRhode Island8 · 1.95 GWNebraska30 · 1.91 GWNew Hampshire4 · 1.81 GWMaine6 · 1.74 GWSouth Dakota11 · 1.65 GWPuerto Rico2 · 1.61 GWAlaska14 · 1.44 GWWest Virginia4 · 1.37 GWIdaho8 · 1.25 GWNorth Dakota5 · 946.2 MWMontana8 · 700.4 MWWashington, D.C.3 · 22.9 MW

Largest natural gas plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
West County Energy CenterNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co4.26 GW
Crystal RiverNatural GasFloridaDuke Energy Florida, LLC3.45 GW
BarryNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co3.34 GW
ManateeNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co2.95 GW
Jack McDonoughNatural GasGeorgiaGeorgia Power Co2.85 GW
Fort MyersNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co2.68 GW
Belews CreekNatural GasNorth CarolinaDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC2.49 GW
MartinNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co2.45 GW
Nine Mile PointNatural GasLouisianaEntergy Louisiana LLC2.44 GW
Union Power StationNatural GasArkansasEntergy Arkansas LLC2.43 GW
SanfordNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co2.38 GW
Jim BridgerNatural GasWyomingPacifiCorp2.33 GW
H L Culbreath Bayside Power StationNatural GasFloridaTampa Electric Co2.29 GW
Lincoln CombustionNatural GasNorth CarolinaDuke Energy Carolinas, LLC2.29 GW
Hines Energy ComplexNatural GasFloridaDuke Energy Florida, LLC2.27 GW
Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy ComplexNatural GasNorth CarolinaDuke Energy Progress - (NC)2.24 GW
Victor J Daniel JrNatural GasMississippiMississippi Power Co2.23 GW
Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant HybridNatural GasCaliforniaDynegy -Moss Landing LLC2.15 GW
Gulf Clean Energy CenterNatural GasFloridaFlorida Power & Light Co2.11 GW
RavenswoodNatural GasNew YorkRavenswood Operations LLC2.10 GW
Guernsey Power StationNatural GasOhioGuernsey Power Station LLC2.06 GW
E C GastonNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co2.03 GW
H Allen Franklin Combined CycleNatural GasAlabamaSouthern Power Co2.00 GW
Seminole (FL)Natural GasFloridaSeminole Electric Cooperative Inc1.90 GW
Forney Energy CenterNatural GasTexasLaFrontera Holdings LLC1.89 GW