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TECO CHP-1

Natural gas power plant · Harris County, Texas

Nameplate capacity
98 MW
Rank in Texas
#558
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2010
September 2010

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Texas Medical Center Central
County
Harris County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.05%
Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
#138 of 310
EIA plant code
57504

Generating units

Individual generating units at TECO CHP-1
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GTG2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine50 MW50 MW2024Operating
CHP1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine48 MW47 MW2010Operating

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 98 MW solar plant and a 98 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