EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN REFINERY

How EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN REFINERY compares

With 177 MW of capacity, EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN REFINERY ranks 135th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 96th 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 564th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1952, it is older than 94% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, EXXON MOBIL REFINING AND SUPPLY CO., runs 2 operating plants in Texas totaling 559 MW. It shares Harris County with 19 other operating plants, including T H WHARTON and DEER PARK ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 209 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 177 MW). Net generation was 1,240 GWh in 2024 (a 67% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1952 and 1989.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DOWNTOWN, about 22.3 miles away; 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 22 operating power plants totaling 9,358 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 21.8 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