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Published target: 2028. Construction is documented, but this future completion/operation milestone is estimated. The date is a year/month-end timeline marker and is not a confirmed exact opening day. Source: https://www.entergy[4][5][6].com/news/entergy-texas[2]-breaks-ground-legend-and-lone-star
Entergy[4][5][6] Texas’s Texas Land Application Permit application WQ0005513000 is published by TCEQ. The notice states receipt on March 16, 2026, and identifies the site as 2200 Pelican Road, near Shepherd, San Jacinto County. The attachment headed Original Photographs is on PDF pages 59–62. Page 60 contains photograph 1 of the future spray field facing south and photograph 2 of future wastewater storage tank locations facing east. Page 61 contains photograph 3 of the future wastewater sump location facing west. Page 62 gives their location/direction map. Photograph 3 visibly contains construction equipment and site works. No capture dates or individual photographer credits are published on these pages. These are applicant-filed site photographs, not proof of current completion percentage or operating output. Captions should preserve the future wastewater-location context. The three embedded original photographs were extracted without inventing or altering depicted content.
Entergy[4][5][6] Texas[2] presentation by Jessica Hill, Senior Manager, Business & Economic Development, dated February 4, 2026 on its cover, hosted by TXCPA. Page 10 shows two separately labelled panels: Legend above and Lone Star below. The lower panel’s image is the Lone Star design rendering, with Cleveland, Texas, 453 megawatts, combustion turbine facility (hydrogen) and expected in-service date 2028. This is an operator rendering, not an as-built photograph. The image was extracted from the lower Lone Star panel alone; no Legend image was assigned to Lone Star. The presentation does not establish a photograph capture date or new project cost.
Published project-specific cost for Lone Star Power Station: USD 7.99e+08. Basis: Published project-specific capital/construction estimate.[1]
Published electric generating project rating for Lone Star Power Station: 453 MW. Basis: Operator-reported electric generating capacity; not annual energy production. The operator identifies Lone Star as a 453 MW combustion-turbine plant.[1]
Expected in service mid-2028.
Operator reports groundbreaking on both new stations.
“break ground on Legend and Lone Star power stations”
Natural-gas plant near Cleveland; combined two-plant MW not allocated to this station.
“near Cleveland, Texas”
In-service target
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2028. Entergy’s April 2026 groundbreaking release identifies Legend and Lone Star as physically progressing projects expected to begin serving customers in 2028.[6]
Construction is verified; the completion date remains an estimate. The timeline marker represents the published target year/month, not a confirmed opening day.
Entergy’s September 11, 2025 approval release gives a $799 million investment for Lone Star, updating the earlier $735 million proposal. The operator describes a 453 MW combustion-turbine project; April 9, 2026 groundbreaking establishes physical construction. EIA reports a different nameplate rating; neither figure is extra capacity.[4][5][6]
Published project-specific cost for Lone Star Power Station: USD 7.99e+08. Basis: Published project-specific capital/construction estimate.[4]
Published electric generating project rating for Lone Star Power Station: 453 MW. Basis: Operator-reported electric generating capacity; not annual energy production. The operator identifies Lone Star as a 453 MW combustion-turbine plant.[5]
Entergy’s April 9, 2026 announcement confirms groundbreaking on Legend in Port Arthur and Lone Star near Cleveland. Both were approved by the PUCT in 2025 and are expected to serve customers in 2028. The combined projects exceed 1,200 MW; that combined figure is not the capacity of either plant alone. April 9, 2026 groundbreaking verifies physical construction; target service is 2028.[6]
Retained only with documented physical construction, commissioning or 2025–2026 opening and published project-specific costs and electrical output. Costs use the published scope and currency; no benchmark estimates or currency conversions. MW is power capacity, not annual electricity production. Expected annual energy, where given, is a forecast. The map point is a reported plant/project location and may be approximate. Matching inventory views and excluded expansion proposals are not additive capacity.
Joint groundbreaking ceremony for Legend and Lone Star power stations in Port Arthur, Texas, April 9, 2026. This is the shared project ceremony, not a photograph of a completed Lone Star plant or its Cleveland-area construction site. Credit: Office of the Texas Governor, via Entergy Texas. Operator source page; original image.
Operator location diagram for Lone Star near Cleveland and Legend near Port Arthur. The 453 MW Lone Star figure is design generating capacity; this diagram is not a photograph or evidence of operating output. Credit: Entergy Texas. Operator source page; original image.
View toward the planned spray-irrigation field, looking south from below the planned stormwater pond. Photograph 1 filed in Entergy Texas’s Lone Star San Jacinto wastewater application, PDF page 60. Capture date is not published; this is a filed site view, not a current progress update. Credit: Entergy Texas Inc., wastewater permit application published by TCEQ; photographer not identified. Operator source page; original image.
View east toward planned wastewater-storage tank positions, from south of the plant area. Photograph 2 filed in Entergy Texas’s Lone Star San Jacinto wastewater application, PDF page 60. Capture date is not published; this is a filed site view, not a current progress update. Credit: Entergy Texas Inc., wastewater permit application published by TCEQ; photographer not identified. Operator source page; original image.
View west toward the planned wastewater sump, photographed from its east side, showing equipment and site works. Photograph 3 filed in Entergy Texas’s Lone Star San Jacinto wastewater application, PDF page 61. Capture date is not published; the image alone does not establish today’s construction progress. Credit: Entergy Texas Inc., wastewater permit application published by TCEQ; photographer not identified. Operator source page; original image.
Lone Star Power Station design rendering extracted from the panel labelled Lone Star on page 10 of Entergy Texas’s presentation dated February 4, 2026. It depicts the planned facility near Cleveland and is not a photograph of completed construction. The slide’s 453 MW is operator design capacity. Credit: Entergy Texas, presentation by Jessica Hill hosted by TXCPA. Operator source page; original image.
Power generation453 MW · Planned 453 MW electrical generation in Entergy Texas February 2026 investor presentation (project row). Construction groundbreaking confirmed by operator; in-service target 2028. Not operating generation. Lone Star is simple-cycle combustion turbine. · source