38th largest plant in Texas · 347th nationally
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 933 MW. It generates roughly 4.5M MWh per year — enough to power about 427,616 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 55% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 660 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 (933 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 | Formosa Utility Venture Ltd |
|---|---|
| Operator | Formosa Plastics Corp |
| City | Point Comfort |
| County | Calhoun County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77978 |
| Coordinates | 28.69170, -96.54170 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 102 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| 3TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 102 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| TBG6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 85.9 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.5 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.5 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| TBG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.5 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| TBG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.5 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| TBG5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.5 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 66.3 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| ST3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 55.0 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 3ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 40.0 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| BO3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 36.2 MW | Operating | 1987 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 33.5 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| CO₂ | 1.5M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 3.7k metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 660 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.