7th largest plant in Texas · 100th nationally
Sabine is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 1,812 MW. It generates roughly 3.8M MWh per year — enough to power about 362,162 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 24% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1238 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 (1,812 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 | Sabine |
|---|---|
| Operator | Entergy Texas Inc. |
| City | Orange |
| County | Orange County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77630 |
| Coordinates | 30.02420, -93.87800 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 592 MW | Operating | 1974 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 507 MW | Operating | 1979 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 473 MW | Operating | 1966 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 239 MW | Operating | 1962 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 239 MW | Retired | 1962 |
| CO₂ | 2.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 12 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 2.7k metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1238 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 | SERC |
|---|---|
| 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.