Houston Chemical Complex Battleground
Natural gas power plant · Harris County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
381 MW
Rank in Texas
#135
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1982
May 1982
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Oxy Vinyls LP
- County
- Harris County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.19%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #89 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 50043
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 104 MW | 66 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 104 MW | 66 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 87 MW | 62 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 85 MW | 69 MW | 2005 | 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
| Waco Solar | Solar | 400 MW |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Turbine | Natural gas | 382 MW |
| NRG THW GT Electric Generating Station | Natural gas | 377 MW |
| Victoria | Natural gas | 377 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 381 MW solar plant and a 381 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