574th largest plant in Texas · 4046th nationally
Texas Petrochemicals is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 35.0 MW. It generates roughly 236.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 22,508 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 77% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 647 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (35.0 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 | Texas Petrochemicals |
|---|---|
| Operator | Tpc Group, Llc |
| City | Houston |
| County | Harris County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77017 |
| Coordinates | 29.69810, -95.25470 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST#1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 420 MW | Cancelled | — |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 105 MW | Cancelled | — |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 35.0 MW | Cancelled | — |
| TG2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 35.0 MW | Operating | 1972 |
| CO₂ | 76.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 95 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 647 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.