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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Sabine: location and 2 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Sabine
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 27% of 2024 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Net generation, 2024
- 4,221,911 MWh
- Grid
- 138 kV to Entergy Texas Inc. (MISO)
- Location
- Orange County, Texas
- Operated by
- Entergy Texas Inc.
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Entergy Corp
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- Technology
- Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
- Age
- 64 years since 1962
- Heat rate
- 12,468 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 43,402,881 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.219 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 12,467.7 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 3,481,227.0 |
| Balancing authority code | MISO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Capacity retired
- 239.4 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
- Next scheduled retirement
- October 2026
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 1,304.4 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 3
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 72%
- Capacity still in service
- 1,811.8 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 239.4 MW | Retired | October 2016 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 239.4 MW | Scheduled to retire | October 2026 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 473.4 MW | Scheduled to retire | October 2026 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 591.6 MW | Scheduled to retire | October 2026 |
Retirement changes (1)
- Planned retirement date moved
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 138 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Entergy Texas Inc.
- Balancing authority
- Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
- NERC region
- SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521925559)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521925558)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521086688)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521925557)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521925556)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 1521086687)
- Entergy 138 kV line (OSM way 337944610)
- Entergy 230 kV line (OSM way 337944615)
- Entergy 230 kV line (OSM way 337944614)
- Entergy 230 kV line (OSM way 1462468836)
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.
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Texas Inc. | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Entergy Corp | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Planned retirement date moved · EIA-860M
- Stated Units 1, 3, 4 scheduled to retire, 1,304.4 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Unit 2 scheduled to retire, 239.4 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · OpenStreetMap · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
© 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)
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Advanced Power Station Under construction | Gas, combined cycle | 0.7 km | 1,306 |
| Legend Power Station Studied | Gas, other | 19.6 km | 820 |
Sources EIA-860M · Berkeley Lab
Sources
- EIA-860M
- Berkeley LabLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, Queued Up data file (2026 edition), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: non-ISO and MISO regions only; MISO rows labelled with the date the file's queue data runs to; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary. Queued Up Data File. Copyright (c) 2026, The Regents of the University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy) & GridTracker.