Texas Gulf Sulphur
Natural gas power plant · Wharton County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
102 MW
Rank in Texas
#515
of 1,071 plants
In service since
1984
April 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Wharton County Generation LLC
- County
- Wharton County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Texas
- #133 of 310
- EIA plant code
- 50137
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 75 MW | 1984 | 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
| Victoria Texas Plant | Natural gas | 102 MW |
| Lamesa Solar | Solar | 102 MW |
| South Trent Wind Farm | Wind | 101 MW |
| Flower Valley II | Battery storage | 101 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 102 MW solar plant and a 102 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