C R WING COGEN PLANT
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 230 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Howard County
- Operator
- POWER RESOURCES LTD
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1987
- EIA plant ID
- 52176
- Generators
- 3
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Net generation (2024)
- 134 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 6.6%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 32.2732, -101.4224
C R WING COGEN PLANT, a 230 MW Natural Gas power plant in Howard County, Texas. Operated by POWER RESOURCES LTD, commissioned 1987.
How C R WING COGEN PLANT compares
With 230 MW of capacity, C R WING COGEN PLANT ranks 114th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 90th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 523rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1987, it is older than 68% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Howard County with 5 other operating plants, including EC&R PANTHER CREEK WIND FARM I and ELBOW CREEK WIND PROJECT LLC.
EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 230 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 134 GWh in 2024 (a 6.6% capacity factor), down 28% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1987 and 1988.
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. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 665 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FOREST CREEK WIND FARM LLC (124 MW, Wind).
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
C R WING COGEN PLANT is a 230 MW natural gas power plant in Howard County, TX, operated by POWER RESOURCES LTD, commissioned in 1987. Howard County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.6 of 5 at the 89th national percentile. Hail is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 91st 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.
Howard County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | Relatively High | 91st | 4.7 of 5 | 4.6 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Moderate | 80th | 4.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 66th | 3.7 of 5 | 6.0 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | 1.9 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Moderate | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | 6.2 |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | 47th | 2.9 of 5 | 47.9 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 39th | 2.6 of 5 | 0.50 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 28th | 2.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Very Low | 23rd | 1.9 of 5 | 0.15 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 11th | 1.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Low | 5th | 1.2 of 5 | 2.3 |
Perils not assessed in Howard 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 Howard 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.