How big is Braes Bayou Plant?

Braes Bayou Plant has a reported capacity of 484 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.

What kind of plant is Braes Bayou Plant?

Braes Bayou Plant is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine facility in Fort Bend County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Braes Bayou Plant located?

Braes Bayou Plant is in Fort Bend County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Braes Bayou Plant?

Braes Bayou Plant is operated by ProEnergy Services according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Braes Bayou Plant generate?

Braes Bayou Plant reported 163.9 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Braes Bayou Plant compare to other plants?

By capacity, Braes Bayou Plant ranks #93 of 825 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #7 of 75 in TX.

Braes Bayou Plant — 484 MW gas plant, Fort Bend County, TX

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Overview

Nameplate capacity: 484 MW
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
Registry anchor: Plant 64383
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Structured profile

Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator: ProEnergy Services

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CTG-1	60.5 MW 44.5 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Aug 2022	Operating
CTG-2	60.5 MW 44.5 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jun 2022	Operating
CTG-3	60.5 MW 44.5 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 2022	Operating
CTG-4	60.5 MW 44.5 MW summer

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 484 MW
National rank: #93
TX rank: #7

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

163.9 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Apr 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

4.5%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.

Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

PARISH

IN SERVICE · 345 kV

0.4 km

SMITHERS

Related parties and identifiers

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Timeline and sources

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Project timeline

Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator CTG-6 with this operating date.
May 2022
May 2022
Generators enter operation

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

ProEnergy Services

Entity 63082

Operating portfolio

2 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

968 MW

Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Braes Bayou PlantCurrent	484 MW	TX
Brotman Power Station	484 MW	TX

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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