Nameplate capacity
143 MW
Rank in Texas
#456
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1959
May 1959
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Brownsville Public Utilities Board
- County
- Cameron County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #126 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 3559
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 45 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 50 MW | 42 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 25 MW | 20 MW | 1959 | Operating |
| DG-3a | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.0 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG-3b | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.0 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG-4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.0 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG-6a | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.0 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| DG-6b | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.0 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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 143 MW solar plant and a 143 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