77th largest plant in Texas · 626th nationally
Sabine River Operations is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 595 MW.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (595 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 River Operations |
|---|---|
| Operator | The Dow Chemical Company |
| City | Orange |
| County | Orange County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77631 |
| Coordinates | 30.05520, -93.75790 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 180 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GT1B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 180 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| ST1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 145 MW | Operating | 2001 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 89.9 MW | Operating | 1987 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.2 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.2 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 3.1 MW | Retired | 1948 |
| 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.