43rd largest plant in Texas · 361st nationally
Channelview Cogeneration Plant is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 918 MW. It generates roughly 5.0M MWh per year — enough to power about 472,618 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 62% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 683 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (918 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Channelview Cogeneration Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Eif Channelview Cogeneration Llc |
| City | Channelview |
| County | Harris County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77049 |
| Coordinates | 29.83695, -95.12174 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 192 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 192 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 192 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| GT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 192 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 150 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eif Cv Holdings, Llc | Needham, MA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 1.7M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 9 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 152 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 683 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | TRE |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Electric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.