RIO NOGALES POWER PROJECT

How RIO NOGALES POWER PROJECT compares

With 898 MW of capacity, RIO NOGALES POWER PROJECT ranks 35th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 24th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 125th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 52% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO - (TX), runs 6 operating plants in Texas totaling 5,341 MW. It shares Guadalupe County with 5 other operating plants, including GUADALUPE GENERATING STATION and DUNLAP TP 1.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 940 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,029 GWh in 2024 (a 61% capacity factor), up 11% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by BLUEBONNET ELECTRIC COOP, INC, about 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 2,100 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is GUADALUPE GENERATING STATION (1,088 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne San Antonio in San Antonio, about 43.8 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