TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT

How TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT compares

With 450 MW of capacity, TEXAS CITY POWER PLANT ranks 81st among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 66th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 351st-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 Galveston County with 3 other operating plants, including GREEN POWER 2 and POWER STATION 4.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 450 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,132 GWh in 2024 (a 54% capacity factor), up 25% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER CO., under 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,954 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 36.3 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