63rd largest plant in Texas · 535th nationally
Jack Fusco Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 676 MW. It generates roughly 3.3M MWh per year — enough to power about 314,791 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 56% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 877 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (676 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 | Jack Fusco Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Brazos Valley Energy |
| City | Thompsons |
| County | Fort Bend County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77481 |
| Coordinates | 29.47310, -95.62440 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 276 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Indef Postponed | — |
| CTG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Indef Postponed | — |
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 144 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 877 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 | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, 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.