Texas Municipal Power Agency

02/19/2021

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09/24/2020

The company will be responsible for the shutdown and decommissioning of the coal power plant as well as performing all environmental remediation work for the site landfills and ash ponds.

07/07/2020

The future of the Gibbons Creek Steam Electric Station remains in question as the Texas Municipal Power Agency and a potential buyer continue negotiations.

05/15/2020

Gibbons Creek Generating Station, a shuttered coal-fired power plant about 20 miles from Bryan, is coming back to life for the summer of 2021, according to a report from the state's grid manager the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

05/15/2020

Interesting ...

Several news outlets and the grid operator for much of Texas are reporting that a recently mothballed coal-fired power plant is possibly going back into operation next year. Power Magazine, the Houston Chronicle and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas each indicated that Gibbons Creek Generati...

01/10/2020

Wind energy generated 20 percent of the electricity used in Texas last year.

04/05/2019

Gibbons Creek Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant about 20 miles from Bryan near College Station, put the state’s grid operator on notice that the plant will not operate this summer, reducing the state’s already tight power reserves and forecasting higher electricity prices.

12/29/2018

More than 25 years after its opening triggered so much interest among Texas bass anglers they overwhelmed the local telephone system with a flood of calls trying to secure one of the limited number of permits allowing access to the lake, Gibbons Creek Reservoir is on the cusp of rules changes reduci...

10/16/2018

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas will have slightly lower capacity in the fall, in part due to the temporary shuttering of a 470 MW coal unit which officials plan to bring online when energy prices are higher. 

09/26/2018

ERCOT proved grids can shut down uneconomical coal plants, rely on renewable energy and still provide reliability and reasonable prices.

09/24/2018

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09/07/2018

Duke Energy plans to close its seven North Carolina coal plants. “As we lower our carbon footprint, Duke Energy is increasingly moving away from coal-fired generation,” a spokeswoman said.