POWER STATION 4

How POWER STATION 4 compares

With 191 MW of capacity, POWER STATION 4 ranks 129th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 93rd 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 547th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1986, it is older than 71% 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 GREEN POWER 2 and TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 191 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 401 GWh in 2024 (a 24% capacity factor), down 31% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER CO., about 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 2,213 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is GREEN POWER 2 (861 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin in Houston, about 37.2 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