429th largest plant in Texas · 2186th nationally
Port Comfort Power Llc is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 121 MW. It generates roughly 70.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 6,745 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 7% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1272 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Port Comfort Power Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Peaker Power, Llc |
| City | Point Comfort |
| County | Calhoun County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77978 |
| Coordinates | 28.64807, -96.54621 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 60.5 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| PC2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 60.5 MW | Operating | 2017 |
| CO₂ | 45.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 4 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1272 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.