Editing Lower Colorado River Authority (section)

===Natural gas===
The [[Sim Gideon Power Plant]] is a three-unit [[natural gas]]-fired plant in [[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop County]] that provides 608 [[megawatts]]. The Lost Pines 1 Power Project (owned and operated by GenTex Power Corporation, an LCRA affiliate) is a [[natural gas]]-fired [[combined-cycle]] plant adjacent to the Sim Gideon plant, and the two form the Lost Pines Power Park. The Lost Pines 1 Power Project can generate up to 511 megawatts. [[Lake Bastrop]] is the cooling pond for the Lost Pines Power Park.

LCRA broke ground on a new [[Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant]] in April 2012, about 100 yards from the site of the original Ferguson plant on Lake LBJ. The plant began operating in 2014. The old plant was decommissioned. The Ferguson facility is a natural gas-fired, combined cycle plant in Horseshoe Bay capable of producing 540 megawatts. Ferguson is among the most environmentally responsible power plants in Texas, producing 30 to 40 percent fewer emissions per unit of power than the unit it replaced. It uses about 35 percent less fuel per megawatt-hour and about one-third of the water used at a typical steam plant per unit of power.<ref>{{cite web |title=LCRA dedicates new 540MW Thomas C. Ferguson power plant in US |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/newslcra-dedicates-new-540mw-thomas-c-ferguson-power-plant-in-us-161014-4407041/ |website=NS ENERGY |date=October 15, 2014 |access-date=2 October 2022}}</ref>

The Winchester Power Park in [[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette County]] provides about 176 megawatts for use primarily during peak-demand periods.

The LCRA buys natural gas on the open market and stores it at the Hilbig Gas Storage Facility, an underground reservoir near [[Rockne, Texas]]. The facility can hold up to 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas.