Owner profile

Lower Colorado River Authority

Lower Colorado River Authority owns or operates 12 generating facilities commissioned between 1938 and 2014, with a combined nameplate capacity of 4.21 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (53%), located in Texas.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

12
Plants
4.21 GW
Total capacity
1
States
1.69 GW
Largest: Fayette Power Project

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 53.0%Coal 40.2%Hydroelectric 6.9%

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Fayette Power ProjectCoalTexasLower Colorado River Authority1.69 GW
Sim GideonNatural GasTexasLower Colorado River Authority623 MW
Lost Pines 1 Power ProjectNatural GasTexasLower Colorado River Authority609 MW
Thomas C FergusonNatural GasTexasLower Colorado River Authority574.6 MW
Winchester Power ParkNatural GasTexasLower Colorado River Authority242 MW
Marshall FordHydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority108 MW
Buchanan Dam (TX)HydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority54.9 MW
Granite ShoalsHydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority54 MW
Marble FallsHydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority39.6 MW
AustinHydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority18 MW
InksHydroelectricTexasLower Colorado River Authority15 MW
Under construction (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Timmerman Power Plantconstr.Natural GasTexasLower Colorado River Authority180 MW