Formosa Utility Venture Ltd
Formosa PlasticsCalhoun County
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is the power and steam cogeneration asset within Formosa Plastics Corporation's Point Comfort petrochemical complex in Calhoun County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 13 operating combined-cycle generators totaling 933.4 MW nameplate, 829.8 MW net summer, and 954.2 MW net winter capability. The units entered service from 1987 through 2023. Formosa's official site says power cogeneration was added during the complex's 1994 expansion.
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EIA May 2026
1987-2023 vintages
Power and steam cogeneration
Point Comfort industrial complex
EIA plant 10554 · Inventory for Sep 2026.
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
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| 3ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 40 | Unknown |
| 3TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 102 | Unknown |
| 3TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 102 | Unknown |
| BO3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 36.2 |
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Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
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| 3ST1 | 40 MW 38 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CA | Jan 2023 | Operating |
| 3TBG1 | 102 MW 97 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jan 2023 | Operating |
| 3TBG2 | 102 MW 97 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Jan 2023 | Operating |
| BO3 | 36.2 MW 32 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle CT | Mar 1987 | Operating |
| ST1 | 33.5 MW | |||
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
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EIA reports March 1987 as the operating month for backpressure steam unit BO3.
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| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 33.5 | Unknown |
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| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 66.3 | Unknown |
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| ST3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 55 | Unknown |
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| TBG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 82.5 | Unknown |
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| TBG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 82.5 | Unknown |
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| TBG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 82.5 | Unknown |
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| TBG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 82.5 | Unknown |
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| TBG5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 82.5 | Unknown |
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| TBG6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 85.9 | Unknown |
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Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
25 ERCOT market resources · Combined-cycle gas, Gas turbine
Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Observed ERCOT settlement prices at FORMOSA_CC1 over 365 days (2025-10-27 to 2026-10-26). This plant is also crosswalked to FORMOSA_CC2, FORMOSA_PUN1, FO_FORMOSA11, FO_FORMOSA12, FO_FORMOSG1, FO_FORMOSG10, FO_FORMOSG13, FO_FORMOSG14, FO_FORMOSG15, FO_FORMOSG2, FO_FORMOSG3, FO_FORMOSG4, FO_FORMOSG5, FO_FORMOSG6, FO_FORMOSG7, FO_FORMOSG8, FO_FORMOSG9; the point with the deepest price history is shown.
The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue: it values one perfect-foresight cycle per day between the 2 cheapest and 2 dearest hours of each day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services and any physical dispatch constraint. It describes what this node’s price shape was worth over the window — it is not this asset’s realized capture, and no dispatch is assumed or modelled.
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formosa Utility Venture LtdCurrent | 933.4 MW | TX | |
| CFB Power Plant | 310 MW | TX |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
View full reporting portfolioEIA-860 lists generator TBG1 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator TBG2 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator TBG3 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator ST1, generator ST2 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator TBG4 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator TBG5 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator ST3 with this operating date.
EIA reports January 2023 operating months for gas turbines 3TBG1 and 3TBG2 and steam turbine 3ST1.
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd reports 933.4 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Calhoun County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is in Calhoun County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is operated by Formosa Plastics Corp according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd reports a commercial operation date of 1994. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Sep 2026.
Formosa Utility Venture Ltd reported 4,914.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, Formosa Utility Venture Ltd ranks #107 of 540 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #17 of 68 in TX.
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