Nameplate capacity
3.2 MW
Rank in Texas
#900
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2019
November 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Texas Microgrid, LLC
- County
- Nueces County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #181 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 66565
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCCB1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| HCCB8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2019 | Operating |
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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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