108th largest plant in Texas · 776th nationally
Eastman Cogeneration Facility is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 468 MW. It generates roughly 2.6M MWh per year — enough to power about 244,243 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 63% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 690 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 (468 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 | Eastman Cogeneration Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Eastman Cogeneration Lp |
| City | Longview |
| County | Harrison County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 75602 |
| Coordinates | 32.44810, -94.69030 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 170 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 170 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 128 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| CO₂ | 884.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 4 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 225 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 690 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 | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.