Fayette Power Project

{{Infobox power station

|name = Fayette Power Project

|image =

|image_caption = Fayette Power Project plant

|country = United States

|location = Fayette County, near La Grange, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|29|55|00|N|96|45|06|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}

|owner = Austin Energy
Lower Colorado River Authority

|operator =

|status = O

|th_fuel_primary = Coal

|ps_cooling_source = Fayette County Reservoir

|th_technology =

|ps_combined_cycle =

|ps_electrical_capacity= 1,615

|commissioned = Unit 1: 1979
Unit 2: 1980
Unit 3: 1988

|decommissioned =

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The Fayette Power Project, also known as Sam Seymour Power Plant,[http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/830699-F0vWyr/native/830699.pdf Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information - Sponsored by OSTI] is a coal-fired power plant located near La Grange, Texas in Fayette County, Texas. It is owned by Austin Energy and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and operated by LCRA.

Three generating units comprise the Fayette Power Project:{{cite web| title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006| publisher = Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy| year = 2006| url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html| format = Excel| doi = | accessdate = 2008-07-14}}

• Unit 1, completed in 1979, with a generating capacity of 615 megawatts
• Unit 2, completed in 1980, with a generating capacity of 615 megawatts
• Unit 3, completed in 1988, with a generating capacity of 460 megawatts

The main source of fuel for the Fayette Power Project is low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Cooling water is provided by the Fayette County Reservoir, a {{cvt|2,400 |acre|adj=on}} freshwater reservoir.