GenTex Power Corporation, a wholly owned LCRA affiliate, oversaw the planning and construction of Lost Pines 1 Power Project, a 545-megawatt combined-cycle power plant in Bastrop County.
In 1999, GenTex announced the construction of the natural gas-fired plant with Calpine Corporation, a California-based independent power producer. Lost Pines 1 began producing power in May 2001. Until January 2004, Calpine shared ownership of the plant with GenTex.
The nine-member GenTex Board continues to approve the plant's annual operation and maintenance budget and monitor activities at Lost Pines 1.
GenTex Board
The GenTex Board of Directors comprises four representatives of LCRA's wholesale electric customers and five representatives from LCRA's Board of Directors.
Customer representatives are Robert Berger (City Manager, City of Luling), Gary Nietsche (General Manager, Fayette Electric Cooperative), and Michael Wolfe, Sr. (Mayor, City of Hempstead). Currently there is one customer representative position that is vacant.
LCRA General Manager Becky Motal serves as chief executive officer and president of GenTex.
LCRA Board representatives are Timothy Timmerman, Rebecca A. Klein, Kathleen Hartnett White, Franklin Scott Spears, Jr., and John C. Dickerson III.