June Groundbreaking Marks Rayburn Energy Station 2 Start

SHERMAN, Texas — A June 9 groundbreaking marked the start of construction on Rayburn Energy Station 2, a Sherman power-plant development described by the Sherman Economic Development Corporation as a $685 million project expected to add 570 megawatts of power to the Texas grid. The development is a June announcement, not a newly announced July project. The SEDCO posting is dated June 9 and attributes the report to KXII. It says the groundbreaking marked the beginning of construction. Sherman Mayor Shawn Teamann described the project in the June report as an investment intended to add 570 megawatts to the system for resiliency and redundancy, with the goal of helping create grid stability. Teamann referred to the February 2021 winter storm and said the project is a recipient of funds connected to legislation prompted by that event. The SEDCO posting puts the reported investment at $685 million. It does not provide a construction schedule, expected operating date, plant technology, fuel source, site address, developer or operator. It also does not identify the amount or type of funding referenced by the mayor. As of July 15, the source reviewed for this draft provides June groundbreaking information only. It does not include a July construction update, a revised project cost, a completion milestone or an announcement that the plant has entered operation. Any current-status claim beyond the June report would need a separate, dated source. The source calls the project Rayburn Energy Station 2 and links its stated grid purpose to resiliency, redundancy and stability. Beyond those stated aims, the posting gives no performance forecast or explanation of how its new capacity would be integrated. The reported 570-megawatt figure is a project description, not evidence that the capacity is already online. The June account establishes the project's stated scale and purpose: a 570-megawatt addition intended to support the Texas electric grid. It does not establish when that capacity will become available. The development should therefore be understood as a project that began construction in June, with its later schedule and operating details not specified in the available source.