Sabine River Operations
Natural gas power plant · Orange County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
595 MW
Rank in Texas
#76
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1987
March 1987
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- The Dow Chemical Company
- County
- Orange County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.30%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #57 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 10789
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 180 MW | 160 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GT1B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 180 MW | 160 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| ST1A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 145 MW | 100 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 90 MW | 82 MW | 1987 | 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
| Hornet Solar (TX) | Solar | 600 MW |
| Elk Station | Natural gas | 599 MW |
| Corpus Christi Energy Center | Natural gas | 593 MW |
| Arthur Von Rosenberg | Natural gas | 575 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 595 MW solar plant and a 595 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