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Fayette Power Project
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<p>The Fayette Power Project, also known as Sam Seymour Power Plant, is a <a href="/facts/Coal/83kV3qxg">coal</a>-fired <a href="/facts/Power_plant/vYeVY1fD">power plant</a> located near <a href="/facts/La_Grange,_Texas/JwvewvNm">La Grange, Texas</a> in <a href="/facts/Fayette_County,_Texas/q9J3qATE">Fayette County, Texas</a>. It is owned by <a href="/facts/Austin_Energy/mgjsLrCx">Austin Energy</a> and the <a href="/facts/Lower_Colorado_River_Authority/FQzUV0tP">Lower Colorado River Authority</a> (LCRA) and operated by LCRA. </p><p>Three generating units comprise the Fayette Power Project: </p> <ul><li>Unit 1, completed in 1979, with a generating capacity of 615 <a href="/facts/Megawatts/VK8oqRrm">megawatts</a></li> <li>Unit 2, completed in 1980, with a generating capacity of 615 megawatts</li> <li>Unit 3, completed in 1988, with a generating capacity of 460 megawatts</li></ul> <p>The main source of <a href="/facts/Fuel/H8DIRL1j">fuel</a> for the Fayette Power Project is low-<a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">sulfur</a> coal from the <a href="/facts/Powder_River_Basin/lc5SLPh0">Powder River Basin</a> in <a href="/facts/Wyoming/kuKmWryL">Wyoming</a>. Cooling water is provided by the <a href="/facts/Fayette_County_Reservoir/kW3PnCyR">Fayette County Reservoir</a>, a 2,400-acre (970 ha) <a href="/facts/Freshwater/xMP2TxwI">freshwater</a> <a href="/facts/Reservoir_(water)/2FewszmR">reservoir</a>. </p>