Power Station 3

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Location

Plant NamePower Station 3
OperatorSouth Houston Green Power Llc
CityTexas City
CountyGalveston County
StateTexas
ZIP77590
Coordinates29.37944, -94.91667

Generators (6)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
307ANatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas22.0 MWRetired1964
307BNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas22.0 MWRetired1964
307DNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas22.0 MWRetired1966
307FNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas20.7 MWRetired1978
307CNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas15.6 MWRetired1964
307ENatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas15.6 MWRetired1966

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Bp America IncHouston, TX10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Grid context

NERC RegionTRE

What this means

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.

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