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Topaz Generating — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · City of San Antonio - (TX)Red Egret — Storage · TX · 310.6 MW · 2.8 km awayZeya — Storage · TX · 255.3 MW · 5.0 km awayVertus Energy Storage Plant — Storage · TX · 204.9 MW · 7.1 km awayHidden Lakes — Storage · TX · 9.9 MW · 9.1 km awayBerkman Storage — Storage · TX · 100 MW · 13.1 km awayWillow Beach Wind — Wind · TX · 202.3 MW · 24.9 km away
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Topaz Generating

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 11% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2021
Net generation, 2025
598,589 MWh
Grid
138 kV to Texas-New Mexico Power Co (ERCO)
Location
Galveston County, Texas

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2021 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2021 to 2026
  • Gas

Operations detail

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
5 years since 2021
Unused energy
4,701 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
10,353 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
ACON Investments
Share pct
50
Gem entity id
E100000001129
Name
Bridgepoint Group PLC
Share pct
25
Gem entity id
E100002016384
Name
Energy Capital Partners Management LP
Share pct
25
Gem entity id
E100000001205
Unit ids
G100000409477, G100000409478, G100000409479, G100000409480, G100000409481, G100000409482, G100000409483, G100000409484, G100000409485, G100000409486
Location id
L100000407376
Eia plant ids
63688
Grid
Nerc region
TRE
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
138
Transmission owner
Texas-New Mexico Power Co
Balancing authority code
ERCO
Balancing authority name
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110070792689
Subparts reported
D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1014434
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20256,197,037
Capacity factor, 20250.113
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202510,352.7
Net generation (MWh), 2025598,589
Balancing authority codeERCO

Ownership

4 companies4
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
City of San Antonio - (TX) Operator EIA-860M
WattBridge Texas, LLC Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP
Topaz Generating, LLC Owner 70.0% 31 Dec 2025 EIA-860
Topaz II, LLC Owner 30.0% 31 Dec 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 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) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
Red Egret Under construction Storage 2.8 km 310.6
Zeya Under construction Storage 5.0 km 255.3
Vertus Energy Storage Plant Studied Storage 7.1 km 204.9
Hidden Lakes Postponed Storage 9.1 km 9.9
Berkman Storage Postponed Storage 13.1 km 100
Willow Beach Wind Contracted Wind 24.9 km 202.3

Sources ERCOT · EIA-860M

Sources

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