T H WHARTON

How T H WHARTON compares

With 1,174 MW of capacity, T H WHARTON ranks 17th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 8th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.7% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 65th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 85% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG TEXAS POWER LLC, runs 6 operating plants in Texas totaling 9,170 MW. It shares Harris County with 19 other operating plants, including DEER PARK ENERGY CENTER and CHANNELVIEW COGENERATION PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 17 generators at the site with 1,190 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 672 GWh in 2024 (a 6.4% capacity factor), down 56% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1967 and 1975.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DOWNTOWN, about 16.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,253 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CHANNEL ENERGY CENTER LLC (715 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Databank Houston West (HOU1) (HOU2) in Houston, about 6.9 miles away.

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