How big is Formosa Utility Venture Ltd?

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd has a reported capacity of 933.4 MW. Source: EIA Form 860.

What kind of plant is Formosa Utility Venture Ltd?

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Calhoun County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Formosa Utility Venture Ltd located?

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd is in Calhoun County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Formosa Utility Venture Ltd?

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.

When did Formosa Utility Venture Ltd start operating?

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd reports a commercial operation date of 1994. Current status: operating. Source: EIA Form 860.

How much electricity does Formosa Utility Venture Ltd generate?

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd reported 4,885.8 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-06. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Formosa Utility Venture Ltd compare to other plants?

By capacity, Formosa Utility Venture Ltd ranks #106 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #17 of 69 in TX.

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Overview

Net summer capacity: 829.8 MW
EIA May 2026 · 13 generators
Nameplate capacity: 933.4 MW
Current EIA operating inventory
Net winter capacity: 954.2 MW
EIA May 2026
2025 generation: 4.99 TWh
EIA 923 · May 2025-April 2026
Settlement points: FORMOSA_CC1 / CC2
ERCOT current public listing
Registry anchor: Plant 10554
Formosa Plastics Corp · ERCOT

Infrastructure record

Operator: Formosa Plastics Corp

Profile

Grid role: Industrial combined-cycle cogeneration producing electricity and steam for the Point Comfort complex.
Operating configuration: Eight gas turbines, four steam turbines, and one backpressure steam unit across multiple vintages.
Market mapping: ERCOT's current public price list includes FORMOSA_CC1 and FORMOSA_CC2, plus private-use-network settlement points.
Environmental scope: TCEQ RN100218973 and wastewater permit WQ0002436000 apply to the wider Point Comfort industrial complex.

Structured profile

Registered operator: Formosa Plastics Corp
EIA May 2026
Operating generators: 13
1987-2023 vintages
Plant type: Industrial CHP
Power and steam cogeneration
TCEQ complex ID: RN100218973
Point Comfort industrial complex

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Units and generators

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

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
3ST1	40 MW 38 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	Jan 2023	Operating
3TBG1	102 MW 97 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jan 2023	Operating
3TBG2	102 MW 97 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jan 2023	Operating
BO3	36.2 MW 32 MW summer

Performance

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

Peer context

Technology capacity: 933.4 MW
National rank: #106
TX rank: #17

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

4.89 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Jun 2026

EIA-923 monthly filing

2025 capacity factor

60.5%

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

UNKNOWN301330

IN SERVICE · 138 kV

0.8 km

UNKNOWN309235

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Land and environmental record

Coordinate Parcel Area

2025

4.1977 Acres

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 52199; CALHOUN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel 52199

Coordinate Parcel Id

2025

52199

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 52199; CALHOUN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel 52199

Coordinate Parcel Market Value

2025

16790

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 52199; CALHOUN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel 52199

Coordinate Parcel Owner

2025

FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA

TxGIO parcel intersecting the mapped EIA plant coordinate; parcel 52199; CALHOUN APPRAISAL DISTRICT; tax year 2025

TxGIO land parcel 52199

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Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Mar 1987
Mar 1987
First current generator entered serviceEIA May 202...
EIA reports March 1987 as the operating month for backpressure steam unit BO3.
Apr 1993
Apr 1993
Generator enters operation

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Formosa Plastics Corp

Entity 6541

Operating portfolio

2 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

1,243.4 MW

Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · Natural Gas Steam Turbine

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
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.

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