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BUC00040

Natural gas power plant · Fort Bend County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Texas
#927
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2017
July 2017

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Operator
Texas Microgrid, LLC
County
Fort Bend County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.00%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
#186 of 310
EIA plant code
66561

Generating units

Individual generating units at BUC00040
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
B0401Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating
B0402Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating
B0403Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating
B0404Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.4 MW0.4 MW2017Operating

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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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