SABINE

How SABINE compares

With 2,051 MW of capacity, SABINE ranks 5th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and is the largest of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.1% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 13th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1962, it is older than 90% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, ENTERGY TEXAS INC., runs 3 operating plants in Texas totaling 2,675 MW. It shares Orange County with 3 other operating plants, including SRW COGEN LP and SABINE RIVER WORKS.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 1,812 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 2,051 MW). Net generation was 4,222 GWh in 2024 (a 27% capacity factor), up 46% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1962 and 1979.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 3,498 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COTTONWOOD ENERGY PROJECT (1,434 MW, Natural Gas).

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