SABINE RIVER WORKS
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 96 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Orange County
- Operator
- E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1987
- EIA plant ID
- 10789
- Coordinates
- 30.0554, -93.7574
SABINE RIVER WORKS, a 96 MW Natural Gas power plant in Orange County, Texas. Operated by E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO, commissioned 1987.
How SABINE RIVER WORKS compares
With 96 MW of capacity, SABINE RIVER WORKS ranks 183rd among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 108th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.1% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 686th-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. It shares Orange County with 3 other operating plants, including SABINE and SRW COGEN LP.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by ENTERGY TEXAS, INC., under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 5,360 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SABINE (2,051 MW, Natural Gas).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860 retirement records; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
SABINE RIVER WORKS is a 96 MW natural gas power plant in Orange County, TX, operated by E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO, commissioned in 1987. Orange County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.8 of 5 at the 70th national percentile. Hurricane is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 94th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Orange County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | Relatively High | 94th | 4.8 of 5 | 0.15 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Moderate | 84th | 4.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 70th | 3.8 of 5 | 0.50 |
| Coastal flooding | Relatively Moderate | 54th | 3.2 of 5 | 3.7 |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | 0.26 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Low | 51st | 3.0 of 5 | 0.89 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 50th | 3.0 of 5 | 2.4 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 45th | 2.8 of 5 | 10.3 |
| Lightning | Relatively High | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | 80.5 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 26th | 2.1 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hail | Very Low | 22nd | 1.9 of 5 | 1.5 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Low | 22nd | 1.9 of 5 | 0.61 |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Orange County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.