Houston Plant

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP7 MW capacity

735th largest plant in Texas · 6341st nationally

Houston Plant is a other fossil power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 7.5 MW. It generates roughly 12.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,184 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 19% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%19%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity8 MWnameplate
Annual Generation12.4k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor19%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NameHouston Plant
OperatorEco Services Corp.
CityHouston
CountyHarris County
StateTexas
ZIP77012
Coordinates29.71977, -95.27056

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

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Generators (2)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1All OtherWH6.0 MWOperating1977
GEN2All OtherWH1.5 MWOperating1970

Grid context

NERC RegionTRE
Balancing AuthorityElectric Reliability Council Of Texas, Inc.

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Houston Plant is a federally registered power generation facility in Texas.

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