- Combustion
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Retired
- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
Map
- Combustion
- Wind & solar
- Storage
- Loads
- In development
- Under construction
- Retired
- Size not stated
La Palma: location and 10 exact-grade projects within 15 mi. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
La Palma
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 36% of 2005 Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1947
- Net generation, 2005
- 823,452 MWh
- Location
- Cameron County, Texas
- Operated by
- ReNu Power Holdings LLCSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
- Age
- 79 years since 1947
1 attribute from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Balancing authority code | ERCO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- February 2007
- First unit retired
- December 2006
- Capacity retired
- 258.3 MW
- Generators retired
- 4
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 49.1 MW | Retired | December 2006 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 23 MW | Retired | February 2007 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 23 MW | Retired | February 2007 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 163.2 MW | Retired | February 2007 |
By technology
| Technology | Retired | Scheduled to retire |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 209.2 MW | |
| Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 49.1 MW |
Grid
EIA-860Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 (Schedule 2).- Balancing authority
- ERCO
Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282607)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282608)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282580)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282581)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282570)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 513282609)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 513282612)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282569)
- 138 kV line (OSM way 513282623)
- 69 kV line (OSM way 513282590)
Connection points within 15 mi (4)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Units 4, 5, 6 scheduled to retire, 209.2 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Unit 7 scheduled to retire, 49.1 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · OpenStreetMap · ERCOT · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Sources
- EIA-860M
- OpenStreetMap© OpenStreetMap contributors. Power lines, cables and substations filtered and reshaped by Inframation from the OpenStreetMap elements in Overture Maps' base/infrastructure theme; this derived database is available under the Open Database License 1.0 as GeoParquet files at https://tiles.inframation.io/grid/osm-power/ (latest.json names the current version's files; licence: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- ERCOT
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aegle Power Studied | Gas, combined cycle | 5.8 mi | 1,536.4 |
| Harlingen #1 BESS 1 Under construction | Storage | 6.6 mi | 10 |
| Proposed Digital Infrastructure Facility (Harlingen data centre) Filed | Large load | 7.0 mi | |
| Arroyo Storage Under construction | Solar + storage | 9.2 mi | 283.8 |
| Harryoung PV and BESS Studied | Solar + storage | 9.9 mi | 380 |
| TX18 Cottage Meadow Storage Postponed | Storage | 10.1 mi | 100 |
| Mesquite Clean Energy Center (BESS) Under construction | Storage | 11.6 mi | 10.1 |
| Accalia Point Solar, LLC Studied | Solar | 12.6 mi | 190.5 |
| MFE-A-KATI 2 DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT Under construction | Large load | 13.1 mi | |
| Hecate Grid East Valley Storage Announced | Storage | 14.8 mi | 255 |
Sources EIA-860M · ERCOT · FAA OE/AAA · EPA ICIS-NPDES