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Bacliff

Natural gas power plant · Galveston County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
427 MW
Rank in Texas
#125
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2018
July 2018

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
PHR Holdings LLC
County
Galveston County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
0.21%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
#86 of 310
EIA plant code
60264

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bacliff
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
BCGT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating
BCGT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating
BCGT3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating
BCGT4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating
BCGT5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating
BCGT6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine71 MW54 MW2018Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 427 MW solar plant and a 427 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