BRAZOS VALLEY GENERATING FACILITY

How BRAZOS VALLEY GENERATING FACILITY compares

With 676 MW of capacity, BRAZOS VALLEY GENERATING FACILITY ranks 55th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 42nd of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.0% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 216th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 56% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Fort Bend County with 2 other operating plants, W A PARISH and W.A. PARISH CARBON CAPTURE PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 676 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 3,398 GWh in 2024 (a 57% capacity factor), about the same as in 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DOWNTOWN, about 24.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, about 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 4,319 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is W A PARISH (4,008 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Databank Houston Galleria (HOU5) in Houston, about 20.6 miles away.

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