DANSBY
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 203 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Brazos County
- Operator
- CITY OF BRYAN - (TX)
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1978
- EIA plant ID
- 6243
- Generators
- 3
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 150 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 8.4%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 30.7216, -96.4608
DANSBY, a 203 MW Natural Gas power plant in Brazos County, Texas. Operated by CITY OF BRYAN - (TX), commissioned 1978.
How DANSBY compares
With 203 MW of capacity, DANSBY ranks 118th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 92nd of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 539th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1978, it is older than 79% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF BRYAN - (TX), runs 2 operating plants in Texas totaling 225 MW. It shares Brazos County with 2 other operating plants, CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT and BRYAN.
EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 203 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 150 GWh in 2024 (an 8.4% capacity factor), down 30% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1978 and 2010.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CITY OF BRYAN - (TX), under 0.1 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 72 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT (50 MW).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
DANSBY is a 203 MW natural gas power plant in Brazos County, TX, operated by CITY OF BRYAN - (TX), commissioned in 1978. Brazos County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.0 of 5 at the 50th national percentile. Hurricane is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 76th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Brazos County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | Relatively Moderate | 76th | 4.0 of 5 | 0.08 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 59th | 3.4 of 5 | 2.4 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 48th | 2.9 of 5 | 0.33 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Moderate | 47th | 2.9 of 5 | 11.6 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 40th | 2.6 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | 2.5 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 26th | 2.1 of 5 | 0.85 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 24th | 1.9 of 5 | 1.5 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 13th | 1.5 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 10th | 1.4 of 5 | 1.2 |
| Lightning | Very High | 9th | 1.4 of 5 | 59.9 |
Perils not assessed in Brazos County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Brazos County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.