# Braes Bayou Plant

ERCOT asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/braes-bayou-plant

South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Fort Bend County - ERCOT

The Braes Bayou Plant is a natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine peaking facility located in Fort Bend County, Texas, southwest of Houston. (STEC), which acquired it in April 2026. The facility consists of eight aeroderivative turbine units with a total stated portfolio capacity of 384 MW. It is designed for operational flexibility, capable of reaching full load in approximately 10 minutes, and provides peaking generation and ancillary services to STEC's member cooperatives while supporting renewable energy integration and Texas grid reliability. The plant is interconnected to the ERCOT grid via CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC at 345 kV and operates under ERCOT market rules.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 484 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 64383 — plant-64383

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- **Operator:** ProEnergy Services

## Related parties

- **Former owner:** WattBridge Energy, LLC — Former facility owner
- **EPC contractor / O&M provider / equipment supplier / asset manager:** PROENERGY Services — EPC, O&M, and asset management; equipment manufacturer ([source](https://www.proenergyservices.com))
- **Project company:** Braes Bayou Generating, LLC — Project company / applicant
- **Fuel supplier:** Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline, LLC — Gas transmission and gas supplier
- **Interconnection counterparty / transmission owner:** CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC — Transmission service provider

## Sources

- [interchange.puc.texas.gov](http://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/51708_1_1105541.PDF) — interchange.puc.texas.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [prnewswire.com](http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/wattbridge-commissions-new-288-mw-peaking-power-facilityin-fort-bend-county-texas-301594214.html) — prnewswire.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [interchange.puc.texas.gov](https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/35077_1343_1170758.PDF) — interchange.puc.texas.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.](http://stec.org)

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