# Franklin County, Texas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Mount Vernon Franklin County is a generation frontier for Texas. Construction employs 165, up 52.8% since 2019. Franklin County is home to Mount Vernon and part of Winnsboro (804 of its 3,678 residents). 666 MW of new generation is planned here across 5 units, led by Sunraycer Assets I LLC (solar). 51 MW of it is already under construction or built. Employers here counted 3,694 jobs in 2025, up 15.5% from 2019. 258 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 666 MW of new generation planned here, solar leading +15.5% total jobs since 2019, now 3,694 258 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar ## Cities and towns in Franklin County Franklin County is home to Mount Vernon and part of Winnsboro (804 of its 3,678 residents). Mount Vernon2,610 residents Winnsboro804 residents · 22% of the city - Winnsboro also extends into [Wood County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/wood-county). Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Franklin County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Texas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 10,372 | 10,994 | ▲ 6.0% | 160th of 254 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 3,199 | 3,694 | ▲ 15.5% | 50th of 254 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $43,137 | $49,985 | ▲ 15.9% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 108 | 165 | ▲ 52.8% | 31st of 155 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.3% | 4.3% | ▲ 1.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 258 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Planned generation (Aug 2026) | — | 666 MW | 259% of today's fleet | 39th of 149 by size | Unemployment was 4.3% in August 2026, against 3.3% in 2019. Its power plants have 258 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Texas-New Mexico Power Co is the largest utility serving Franklin County, one of 5 with territory here. It delivers power that customers buy from competing retail providers. 10,994 people live here, up 6.0% since 2020. ## Who powers Franklin County ### Utilities with service territory in Franklin County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Texas-New Mexico Power Co | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 233,056 | — | — | | Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 156,271 | 12.03¢ | 30% | | Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (TX) | Cooperative | Bundled | 84,006 | 11.51¢ | 15% | | Wood County Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 35,793 | 12.83¢ | 39% | | Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 34,526 | 12.56¢ | 18% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 258 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Samson Solar Energy | Invenergy Services LLC | Solar | 250 MW | 2022 | | Talco Solar Project | Ellomay USA Inc | Solar | 8 MW | 2025 | ### Planned generation | Plant | Technology | MW | Status | Year | Owner | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Lupinus Solar 2, LLC | Solar Photovoltaic | 244 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | | Lupinus Solar 1, LLC | Solar Photovoltaic | 165 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | | Lupinus Solar 2, LLC | Batteries | 123 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | | Lupinus Solar 1, LLC | Batteries | 83 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | | Lupinus Storage 3 | Batteries | 51 MW | Under construction (≤50%) | 2027 | Sunraycer Assets I LLC | ## The Franklin County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 3,694 | $49,985 | 1.00 | | Construction | 165 | $57,852 | 0.84 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Franklin County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Franklin County. Texas has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Franklin County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Franklin County, Lamar County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Franklin County | 10,994 | ▲ 15.5% | 258 MW | 666 MW | — | — | | Camp County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/camp-county) | 13,380 | ▲ 4.9% | — | — | — | — | | Delta County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/delta-county) | 5,549 | ▼ 4.0% | 304 MW | 165 MW | — | — | | Hopkins County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/hopkins-county) | 39,063 | ▲ 13.4% | 1,782 MW | 450 MW | 1 | — | | Lamar County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/lamar-county) | 51,503 | ▲ 1.5% | 2,838 MW | 1,616 MW | — | — | | Red River County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/red-river-county) | 11,816 | ▲ 1.8% | 610 MW | — | — | — | | Titus County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/titus-county) | 31,563 | ▲ 11.7% | 1,116 MW | — | — | — | | Wood County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/wood-county) | 49,688 | ▲ 3.8% | — | — | — | — | ## More of Texas [All Texas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas)[Lamar County51,503 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/lamar-county)[Wood County49,688 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/wood-county)[Hopkins County39,063 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/hopkins-county)[Titus County31,563 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/titus-county)[Camp County13,380 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/camp-county) ## Franklin County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Franklin County, Texas? 5 utilities have service territory in Franklin County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Texas-New Mexico Power Co, Southwestern Electric Power Co, Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (TX), Wood County Electric Coop, Inc. ### What power plants are in Franklin County? 2 operating plants with 258 MW of capacity. The largest is Samson Solar Energy (250 MW, solar). ### How much new power is planned in Franklin County? 666 MW across 5 units in the August 2026 EIA-860M inventory, 51 MW of it under construction or built. The largest owner is Sunraycer Assets I LLC. ### Are there data centers in Franklin County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Franklin County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Lamar County. ### Is Franklin County adding jobs? Employers counted 3,694 jobs in 2025 against 3,199 in 2019 (+15.5%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 108 to 165. ### Does Franklin County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Franklin County. Texas has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/franklin-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).