VICTORIA

How VICTORIA compares

With 377 MW of capacity, VICTORIA ranks 91st among the 307 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Texas and 75th of the 134 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.6% of Texas's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 394th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1963, it is older than 90% of the 303 operating Texas plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Victoria County with 2 other operating plants, SAM RAYBURN and VICTORIA TEXAS PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 377 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,478 GWh in 2024 (a 45% capacity factor), up 52% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1963 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AEP TEXAS CENTRAL COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 1,179 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COLETO CREEK (622 MW, Coal).

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