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Shell Deer Park — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP)TX LaPort 10060 Porter Road Solar — Postponed · Solar · TX · 1.6 MW · 6.0 km awayNET Power La Porte Station — Studied · Gas, combustion turbine · TX · 25.5 MW · 11.1 km awayTexas Petrochemicals — Postponed · Gas, combined cycle · TX · 560 MW · 12.5 km awayGreens Bayou 6 — Under construction · Gas, combustion turbine · TX · 445 MW · 13.9 km awayTX Houston 7080 Express Lane — Postponed · Storage · TX · 1.5 MW · 16.1 km awayGCCISD NEW TECHNOLOGY DATA CENTER — Large load · TX · 17.6 km awayCedar Bayou 5 — Under construction · Gas, combustion turbine · TX · 697 MW · 20.3 km awayBaytown — Postponed · Biomass · TX · 1.3 MW · 21.5 km awayCPV Pondera King Energy Center — Postponed · Gas, combined cycle · TX · 900 MW · 22.3 km awayConeflower Storage Project LLC — Contracted · Storage · TX · 170.8 MW · 24.5 km away
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Shell Deer Park

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 47% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1979
Net generation, 2025
1,123,235 MWh
Grid
138 kV to CenterPoint Energy (ERCO)
Location
Harris County, Texas

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Gas

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
47 years since 1979
Unused energy
1,277 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
13,094 Btu/kWh 2025
All 9 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Petróleos Mexicanos EPE
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000000720
Unit ids
G100000409580, G100000409581
Location id
L100000407391
Eia plant ids
50304
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.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110031267064
Subparts reported
C, X
NAICS code
325110
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1007002
Eia status
By code
OP
Mw
228.1
Units
3
OS
Mw
45.90
Units
1
Standby mw
0
Status rule
some_units_idle
In service mw
274
Out of service mw
45.90
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202514,707,375
Capacity factor, 20250.468
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202513,093.8
Net generation (MWh), 20251,123,235
Balancing authority codeERCO

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Deer Park Refinery Limited Partnership (DPRLP) Operator EIA-860M
SHELL USA 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

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
TX LaPort 10060 Porter Road Solar Postponed Solar 6.0 km 1.6
NET Power La Porte Station Studied Gas, combustion turbine 11.1 km 25.5
Texas Petrochemicals Postponed Gas, combined cycle 12.5 km 560
Greens Bayou 6 Under construction Gas, combustion turbine 13.9 km 445
TX Houston 7080 Express Lane Postponed Storage 16.1 km 1.5
GCCISD NEW TECHNOLOGY DATA CENTER Unknown Large load 17.6 km
Cedar Bayou 5 Under construction Gas, combustion turbine 20.3 km 697
Baytown Postponed Biomass 21.5 km 1.3
CPV Pondera King Energy Center Postponed Gas, combined cycle 22.3 km 900
Coneflower Storage Project LLC Contracted Storage 24.5 km 170.8

Sources EIA-860M · ERCOT · EPA ICIS-NPDES

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • ERCOTOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • EPA ICIS-NPDESOpen license · retrieved Nov 8, 2026

Attribution