Texas City Plant Union Carbide
Other power plant · Galveston County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Texas
#661
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1996
March 1996
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- All Other
- Operator
- Union Carbide Corp-Texas City
- County
- Galveston County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Texas
- #11 of 47
- EIA plant code
- 50153
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG | All Other | 26 MW | 26 MW | 1996 | 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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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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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