The Sim Gideon Power Plant is a 639 megawatt ( MW ), natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas . It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority . The Sim Gideon Power Plant consists of three generating units that operate via simple cycle combustion turbine utilizing natural gas. The plant, along with Lost Pines Power Project 1 , is part of the Lost Pines Power Park .
3-546: Three generating units compose the Sim Gideon Power Plant: Cooling water is provided by Lake Bastrop , a 900-acre (360 ha) freshwater reservoir , and four wells that produce groundwater from the Simsboro Aquifer. This article about a United States power station is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lake Bastrop Lake Bastrop is a reservoir on Spicer Creek in
6-751: A wholly owned affiliate of the LCRA. Lake Bastrop also serves as a venue for outdoor recreation, including fishing, boating, swimming, camping and picnicking, and is maintained at a constant level year round. Approximately one quarter of the shoreline of the Lake is privately owned by the Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. This property is used for the Lost Pines Scout Reservation, consisting of Cub World at Camp Tom Wooten, for Cub Scouts and Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp, for Boy Scouts. The Scouts leased
9-686: The Colorado River basin 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bastrop in central Bastrop County , Texas , United States. The reservoir was formed in 1964 by the construction of a dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority . The lake serves primarily as a power plant cooling pond for the Sim Gideon Power Plant operated by the LCRA and the Lost Pines Power Project 1 , owned by GenTex Power Corporation,
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