TEXAS CITY PLANT UNION CARBIDE
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 96 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Galveston County
- Operator
- UNION CARBIDE CORP-TEXAS CITY
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1996
- EIA plant ID
- 50153
- Coordinates
- 29.3774, -94.9464
TEXAS CITY PLANT UNION CARBIDE, a 96 MW Natural Gas power plant in Galveston County, Texas. Operated by UNION CARBIDE CORP-TEXAS CITY, commissioned 1996.
How TEXAS CITY PLANT UNION CARBIDE compares
With 96 MW of capacity, TEXAS CITY PLANT UNION CARBIDE ranks 184th among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 109th 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 687th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1996, it is older than 59% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Galveston County with 3 other operating plants, including GREEN POWER 2 and TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT.
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 2,308 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 36.2 miles away.
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860 retirement records and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
TEXAS CITY PLANT UNION CARBIDE is a 96 MW natural gas power plant in Galveston County, TX, operated by UNION CARBIDE CORP-TEXAS CITY, commissioned in 1996. Galveston County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.9 of 5 at the 48th national percentile. Hurricane is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 91st 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.
Galveston County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | Relatively High | 91st | 4.6 of 5 | 0.22 |
| Lightning | Very High | 88th | 4.5 of 5 | 69.9 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 73rd | 3.9 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively High | 64th | 3.6 of 5 | 2.9 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Moderate | 53rd | 3.1 of 5 | 15.3 |
| Coastal flooding | Relatively High | 48th | 2.9 of 5 | 3.8 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 42nd | 2.7 of 5 | 0.77 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 31st | 2.2 of 5 | 0.62 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 18th | 1.7 of 5 | 1.7 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 17th | 1.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Strong wind | Relatively Moderate | 10th | 1.4 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Winter weather | Very Low | 3rd | 1.1 of 5 | 0.82 |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Galveston 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.