LAKE HUBBARD

How LAKE HUBBARD compares

With 928 MW of capacity, LAKE HUBBARD ranks 31st among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 20th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 110th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1970, it is older than 83% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC, runs 9 operating plants in Texas totaling 9,469 MW. It shares Dallas County with 2 other operating plants, MOUNTAIN CREEK and STATE FARM INSUR SUPPORT CENTER CENTRAL.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 928 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 1,694 GWh in 2024 (a 21% capacity factor), about 3 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1970 and 1973.

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 3 operating power plants totaling 3,131 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORNEY ENERGY CENTER (1,851 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 11 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty DFW (1232 Alma) in Richardson, about 13.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology