BOSQUE COUNTY PEAKING
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 807 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Bosque County
- Operator
- CALPINE BOSQUE ENERGY CENTER LLC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2000
- EIA plant ID
- 55172
- Generators
- 5
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Net generation (2024)
- 4,085 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 58%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 31.8594, -97.3586
BOSQUE COUNTY PEAKING, an 807 MW Natural Gas power plant in Bosque County, Texas. Operated by CALPINE BOSQUE ENERGY CENTER LLC, commissioned 2000.
How BOSQUE COUNTY PEAKING compares
With 807 MW of capacity, BOSQUE COUNTY PEAKING ranks 42nd among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 31st of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.2% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 151st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is older than 52% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Bosque County with one other operating plant, WHITNEY.
EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 807 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 4,085 GWh in 2024 (a 58% capacity factor), down 12% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2000 and 2010.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY CO., under 0.1 miles away. One other operating power plant sits within 25 miles: WHITNEY (30 MW, Hydro).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
BOSQUE COUNTY PEAKING is an 807 MW natural gas power plant in Bosque County, TX, operated by CALPINE BOSQUE ENERGY CENTER LLC, commissioned in 2000. Bosque County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.9 of 5 at the 74th national percentile. Wildfire is the leading peril, rated Relatively Low by FEMA at the 83rd percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Bosque County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 83rd | 4.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 78th | 4.1 of 5 | 6.3 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 58th | 3.3 of 5 | 0.75 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 56th | 3.2 of 5 | 0.03 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Low | 52nd | 3.1 of 5 | 2.5 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 51st | 3.0 of 5 | 13.8 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 46th | 2.9 of 5 | 3.3 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 39th | 2.5 of 5 | 1.4 |
| Lightning | Relatively High | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 50.5 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 12th | 1.5 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 11th | 1.5 of 5 | 0.87 |
Perils not assessed in Bosque County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Bosque County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.