Air Products Port Arthur
Natural gas power plant · Jefferson County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
169 MW
Rank in Texas
#386
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2000
November 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Other Gases
- Operator
- Air Products LLC
- County
- Jefferson County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #121 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 55309
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Other Gases | 78 MW | 72 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 33 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GEN 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 33 MW | 33 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Other Gases | 21 MW | 21 MW | 2006 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| San Jacinto County Peaking Facility | Natural gas | 170 MW |
| Turkey Track Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 170 MW |
| Union Carbide Seadrift Cogen | Natural gas | 168 MW |
| Desert Sky | Wind | 168 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 169 MW solar plant and a 169 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates