UNION CARBIDE SEADRIFT COGEN

How UNION CARBIDE SEADRIFT COGEN compares

With 168 MW of capacity, UNION CARBIDE SEADRIFT COGEN ranks 142nd among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 101st of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 579th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1964, it is older than 89% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Calhoun County with 4 other operating plants, including FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE LTD and CFB POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 168 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 639 GWh in 2024 (a 43% capacity factor), down 12% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1964 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL CO., under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 1,525 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE LTD (689 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