BAYTOWN ENERGY CENTER

How BAYTOWN ENERGY CENTER compares

With 915 MW of capacity, BAYTOWN ENERGY CENTER ranks 33rd among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 22nd of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 116th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 52% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Chambers County with 4 other operating plants, including CEDAR BAYOU and CEDAR BAYOU 4.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 933 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,089 GWh in 2024 (a 62% capacity factor), about 2.4 times its 2022 output.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 8,566 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CEDAR BAYOU (1,530 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin in Houston, about 27.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology