50th largest plant in Texas · 409th nationally
Pasadena Cogeneration is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 815 MW. It generates roughly 4.7M MWh per year — enough to power about 444,457 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 65% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 802 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 (815 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 | Pasadena Cogeneration |
|---|---|
| Operator | Pasadena Cogeneration Lp |
| City | Pasadena |
| County | Harris County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77506 |
| Coordinates | 29.72475, -95.17648 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 185 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 185 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| STG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 185 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 175 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 85.0 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Statutory Trust | Wilmington, DE | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 1.9M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 9 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 369 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 802 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.