Formosa Utility Venture Ltd
Natural gas power plant · Calhoun County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
933 MW
Rank in Texas
#38
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1987
March 1987
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Formosa Plastics Corp
- County
- Calhoun County
- Generating units
- 13
- Share of state capacity
- 0.46%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #26 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 10554
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 102 MW | 97 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 3TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 102 MW | 97 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| TBG6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 86 MW | 72 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 83 MW | 72 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 83 MW | 72 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| TBG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 83 MW | 72 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| TBG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 83 MW | 72 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| TBG5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 83 MW | 72 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 66 MW | 58 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| ST3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 55 MW | 47 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 3ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 40 MW | 38 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| BO3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 36 MW | 32 MW | 1987 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 34 MW | 29 MW | 1994 | 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
| Tenaska Frontier Generation Station | Natural gas | 940 MW |
| Tenaska Gateway Generating Station | Natural gas | 940 MW |
| Baytown Energy Center | Natural gas | 933 MW |
| Lake Hubbard | Natural gas | 928 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 933 MW solar plant and a 933 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