CORPUS REFINERY

How CORPUS REFINERY compares

With 57 MW of capacity, CORPUS REFINERY ranks 214th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 116th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for under 0.1% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 787th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1988, it is older than 66% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Nueces County with 6 other operating plants, including BARNEY M DAVIS and NUECES BAY.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 47 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 57 MW). Net generation was 280 GWh in 2024 (a 68% capacity factor), up 12% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL CO., about 0.7 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,827 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BARNEY M DAVIS (1,082 MW, Natural Gas).

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