# Sabine

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/sabine

Entergy Texas Inc. - Orange County - MISO

Sabine is a natural-gas steam-turbine power station located in Orange County, Texas, comprising four operating generators with approximately 1,811.8 MW of aggregate nameplate capacity. Entergy Texas Inc. owns and operates the facility as a regulated utility asset in the MISO balancing area. The plant entered service in January 1962 with Unit 1, followed by Unit 3 (December 1966), Unit 4 (August 1974), and Unit 5 (December 1979). The plant operates at 138 kV grid voltage interconnected via the Sabine 230/138 kV switchyard. Entergy Texas has planned the retirement of Units 1, 3, and 4 in 2026, to be replaced by the separately developed Orange County Advanced Power Station. Unit 5 remains in the continuing operating portfolio with no retirement date specified.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1811.8000000000002 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 3459 — plant-3459

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- **Operator:** Entergy Texas Inc.

## Related parties

- **Parent company:** Entergy Corp. — Parent company ([source](https://www.entergy.com/))
- **EPC contractor / equipment supplier:** Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. — OCAPS EPC consortium member and power-train supplier ([source](https://power.mhi.com/))
- **EPC contractor:** Sargent & Lundy — OCAPS engineering contractor ([source](https://www.sargentlundy.com/projects/orange-county-advanced-power-station/))
- **Construction contractor:** The Industrial Company (TIC) — OCAPS construction contractor

## Sources

- [entergy.com](http://entergy.com/news/entergy-texas-orange-county-advanced-power-station-achieves-first-fire-milestone) — entergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [gem.wiki](http://gem.wiki/Sabine_power_station) — gem.wiki · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [interchange.puc.texas.gov](http://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/52487_517_1264232.PDF) — interchange.puc.texas.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [eia.gov](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_06) — eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [entergy.com](https://www.entergy.com/news/entergy-texas-breaks-ground-on-orange-county-advanced-power-station/) — entergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/sabine
Website: [Entergy Texas Inc.](https://www.entergytexas.com/)

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