GREEN POWER 2

How GREEN POWER 2 compares

With 861 MW of capacity, GREEN POWER 2 ranks 38th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 27th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 136th-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. Its operator, SOUTH HOUSTON GREEN POWER LP, runs 2 operating plants in Texas totaling 1,052 MW. It shares Galveston County with 3 other operating plants, including TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT and POWER STATION 4.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 861 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 3,879 GWh in 2024 (a 51% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2003 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER CO., under 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,543 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT (450 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin in Houston, about 36.7 miles away.

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