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HEB00099 — Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine · Texas Microgrid, LLCSERVERFARM LONGHORN — Under construction · Large load · TX · 0.8 mi awaySMT DC Houston 1 (Tomball data centre) — Filed · Large load · TX · 6.4 mi awayJohn Paul Jones — Postponed · Gas, reciprocating engine · TX · 18.7 MW · 6.9 mi awayBESS TX Camarine - BSHOU001 — Under construction · Storage · TX · 9.9 MW · 12.5 mi awaySMT DC Houston II (Houston data centre) — Filed · Large load · TX · 14.6 mi away
  • Combustion
  • Storage
  • Loads
  • In development
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • Size not stated
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engineran 2% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2017
Net generation, 2025
231 MWh
Grid
138 kV to CenterPoint Energy (ERCO)
Location
Harris County, Texas
Operated by
Texas Microgrid, LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2021 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2021 to 2025
  • Gas

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
Age
9 years since 2017
Unused energy
10 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
16,182 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Grid
Nerc region
TRE
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
138
Transmission owner
CenterPoint Energy
Balancing authority code
ERCO
Balancing authority name
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20253,738
Capacity factor, 20250.022
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202516,181.8
Net generation (MWh), 2025231
Balancing authority codeERCO

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

3 sources

Sources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
SERVERFARM LONGHORN Under construction Large load 0.8 mi
SMT DC Houston 1 (Tomball data centre) Filed Large load 6.4 mi
John Paul Jones Postponed Gas, reciprocating engine 6.9 mi 18.7
BESS TX Camarine - BSHOU001 Under construction Storage 12.5 mi 9.9
SMT DC Houston II (Houston data centre) Filed Large load 14.6 mi

Sources EPA ICIS-NPDES · FAA OE/AAA · EIA-860M

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