FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE LTD

How FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE LTD compares

With 689 MW of capacity, FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE LTD ranks 51st among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 38th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.0% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 197th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1987, it is older than 68% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP, runs 2 operating plants in Texas totaling 999 MW. It shares Calhoun County with 4 other operating plants, including CFB POWER PLANT and UNION CARBIDE SEADRIFT COGEN.

EIA-860 lists 13 generators at the site with 933 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 689 MW). Net generation was 4,462 GWh in 2024 (a 54% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1987 and 2023.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL CO., about 0.4 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 627 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CFB POWER PLANT (310 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