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Lower Colorado River Authority — power plant portfolio

Lower Colorado River Authority operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 4,028 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 9,824,540 t CO₂/yr.

11power plants
4,028MW total capacity
1countries
9,824,540t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 6 plants6HydroGas: 4 plants4GasCoal: 1 plants1Coal

Fleet interpretation

Lower Colorado River Authority is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (11).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (6), gas (4), coal (1). The largest listed asset is Fayette Power Project in United States of America (1,690 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 366 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 3 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 2 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 11 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Fayette Power ProjectCoalUnited States of America1,6907,220,100
Sim GideonGasUnited States of America623
Lost Pines 1 Power ProjectGasUnited States of America6091,247,748
Thomas C FergusonGasUnited States of America5751,356,692
Winchester Power ParkGasUnited States of America244
Marshall FordHydroUnited States of America108
Buchanan Dam (TX)HydroUnited States of America55
Granite ShoalsHydroUnited States of America54
Marble FallsHydroUnited States of America40
AustinHydroUnited States of America18
InksHydroUnited States of America15

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Lower Colorado River Authority operate?

Lower Colorado River Authority operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with about 4,028 MW of total capacity.

What is Lower Colorado River Authority's largest power plant?

Fayette Power Project in United States of America is its largest at about 1,690 MW.

What types of power plants does Lower Colorado River Authority run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (6), gas (4), coal (1).

How much CO₂ do Lower Colorado River Authority's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 9,824,540 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology