MOUNTAIN CREEK

How MOUNTAIN CREEK compares

With 852 MW of capacity, MOUNTAIN CREEK ranks 39th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 28th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 138th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1956, it is older than 93% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, EXELON POWER, runs 4 operating plants in Texas totaling 3,213 MW. It shares Dallas County with 2 other operating plants, LAKE HUBBARD and STATE FARM INSUR SUPPORT CENTER CENTRAL.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 852 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 479 GWh in 2024 (a 6.4% capacity factor), down 18% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1956 and 1967.

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 4,006 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MIDLOTHIAN ENERGY FACILITY (1,734 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 11 mapped data centers; the nearest is Level(3) Dallas in Dallas, about 6.9 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