Cedar Bayou
Natural gas power plant · Chambers County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
1,530 MW
Rank in Texas
#12
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1970
December 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- NRG Texas Power LLC
- County
- Chambers County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.76%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #5 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3460
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 765 MW | 746 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 765 MW | 749 MW | 1972 | 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
| Fayette Power Project | Coal | 1,690 MW |
| Temple Power Station | Natural gas | 1,606 MW |
| J K Spruce | Coal | 1,489 MW |
| Cottonwood Energy Company LP | Natural gas | 1,434 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 1,530 MW solar plant and a 1,530 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