Power Island
Natural gas power plant · Brazoria County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
141 MW
Rank in Texas
#457
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1985
November 1985
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- INEOS USA LLC
- County
- Brazoria County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #127 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 10154
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 50 MW | 40 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 50 MW | 40 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 30 MW | 1985 | 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
| Panther Creek Wind Farm I | Wind | 143 MW |
| Silas Ray | Natural gas | 143 MW |
| Pioneer Hutt Wind Energy | Wind | 140 MW |
| Starr Solar Ranch | Solar | 136 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 141 MW solar plant and a 141 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