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Corpus Refinery — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLCM&G Resins USA — Under construction · Other · TX · 28.6 MW · 3.1 km awayBEACON POINT DATA CENTER PROJECT — Under construction · Large load · TX · 9.0 km awayCumbia Energy Center — Announced · Storage · TX · 200 MW · 12.9 km awayPintail BESS — Under construction · Storage · TX · 200 MW · 24.9 km away
  • Combustion
  • Storage
  • Unspecified fuel
  • Loads
  • In development
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • Size not stated
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Corpus Refinery

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 42% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1988
Net generation, 2025
271,329 MWh
Grid
69 kV to AEP Texas Central Company (ERCO)
Location
Nueces County, Texas

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
38 years since 1988
Unused energy
381 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate
11,648 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100001058278
Location id
L100001050534
Eia plant ids
50026
Grid
Nerc region
TRE
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
69
Transmission owner
AEP Texas Central Company
Balancing authority code
ERCO
Balancing authority name
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000504918
Subparts reported
MM
NAICS code
324110
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1010503
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20253,160,379
Capacity factor, 20250.416
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202511,647.8
Net generation (MWh), 2025271,329
Balancing authority codeERCO

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Operator EIA-860M
KOCH INDUSTRIES INC Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

Sources

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
M&G Resins USA Under construction Other 3.1 km 28.6
BEACON POINT DATA CENTER PROJECT Under construction Large load 9.0 km
Cumbia Energy Center Announced Storage 12.9 km 200
Pintail BESS Under construction Storage 24.9 km 200

Sources EIA-860M · EPA ICIS-NPDES

Sources

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