Oyster Creek Unit VIII
Natural gas power plant · Brazoria County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
498 MW
Rank in Texas
#99
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1994
October 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Dow Chemical Company-Oyster Creek VIII
- County
- Brazoria County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.25%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #71 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 54676
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G84 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 201 MW | 160 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| G81 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 99 MW | 73 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| G82 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 99 MW | 73 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| G83 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 99 MW | 73 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.
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| Pine Forest Solar I | Solar | 500 MW |
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| Maverick Creek Wind | Wind | 492 MW |
| Lumina II Solar Project | Solar | 487 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 498 MW solar plant and a 498 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