458th largest plant in Texas · 2415th nationally
Victoria Texas Plant is a natural gas power plant in Texas with a nameplate capacity of 102 MW. It generates roughly 411.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 39,159 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 46% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 625 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Victoria Texas Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Invista |
| City | Victoria |
| County | Victoria County |
| State | Texas |
| ZIP | 77905 |
| Coordinates | 28.67509, -96.95601 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 102 MW | Operating | 1987 |
| CO₂ | 128.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 4 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 352 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 625 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.