605th largest plant in Texas · 5128th nationally
Mont Belvieu Cogeneration Unit is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 15.0 MW. It generates roughly 96.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 9,169 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 73% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 630 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Mont Belvieu Cogeneration Unit |
|---|---|
| Operator | Targa Co-Generation Llc |
| City | Mont Belvieu |
| County | Chambers County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77580 |
| Coordinates | 29.83814, -94.90066 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 15.0 MW | Operating | 2009 |
| CO₂ | 30.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 83 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 630 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.