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Jones Station
Location: Southeast of Lubbock, Texas
Plant Description: Jones Station is a natural gas-fueled, steam-electric generating station with two operating units. The plant can also be operated on fuel oil.
Power Production Capabilities: 486 megawatts (MW): Unit 1 – 243 MW, and Unit 2 – 243 MW.
Fuel Source: Regional natural gas production
Plant History: Jones Unit 1 was completed in 1971 and Unit 2 in 1974
Interesting Features: Jones Station is Xcel Energy's largest natural gas power plant in the Texas area. It was named for the late Clifford B. Jones, who was president of Lubbock's Texas Tech University and a rancher.
Environmental Highlights: Jones uses between three million and five million gallons of recycled water (treated sewage effluent) from the City of Lubbock each day for cooling and other vital plant purposes. Use of the sewage effluent helps save fresh water for other uses. The company pioneered the use of sewage effluent for industrial facilities at Jones and several of its other southwestern plants. Sewage effluent recycling is now used by many industries nationwide. Jones is a zero discharge plant, which means no process waters leave the site. Cooling water from Jones is reused for irrigating grass and forage on nearby farmland.
Community Involvement: Jones Station employees are involved in their community as volunteer firefighters, EMS paramedics, Boy Scout leaders and church leaders.
Contact Information:
- Plant Information and Tour Requests — 1-800-895-4999
- Media Inquiries — 806-378-2714
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