Houston Chemical Complex Battleground
Oxy Vinyls LP · Harris County · ERCOT
Houston Chemical Complex Battleground is a four-generator natural-gas combined-cycle facility in Harris County, Texas. EIA's May 2026 inventory reports 380.7 MW nameplate, 263 MW net summer, and 300 MW net winter capability across three combustion-turbine records and one steam-turbine record. EIA lists Oxy Vinyls LP as the registered operator. Occidental completed the sale of its OxyChem business to Berkshire Hathaway on January 2, 2026; that corporate transaction included the operating business but did not disclose a plant-specific purchase price.
Overview
Key fields
- Net summer capacity
- 263 MW
EIA May 2026
- Nameplate capacity
- 380.7 MW
Four generators
- Net winter capacity
- 300 MW
EIA May 2026
- Generators
- 4
3 combustion · 1 steam
- Settlement points
- 7
ERCOT current listing
- Registry anchor
- Plant 50043
Oxy Vinyls LP
Resource stack
- 4 resources
DIB_CC1_1 · DIB_CC1_3
Profile
- Grid role
- Industrial combined-cycle generation connected to ERCOT.
- Capacity scope
- 380.7 MW nameplate · 263 MW net summer · 300 MW net winter.
- Generator records
- GT1 · GT2 · GT3 · ST.
- Corporate ownership
- OxyChem was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in January 2026; no plant-specific consideration was disclosed.
Structured profile
- Net summer capacity
- 263 MW
EIA May 2026
- Nameplate capacity
- 380.7 MW
EIA May 2026
- Net winter capacity
- 300 MW
EIA May 2026
- Registered operator
- Oxy Vinyls LP
EIA May 2026
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | 104.2 MW 66 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | May 1982 | Operating |
| GT2 | 104.2 MW 66 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Jun 1982 | Operating |
| GT3 | 84.9 MW 69 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Jun 2005 | Operating |
| ST | 87.4 MW 62 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA | Aug 1982 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 380.7 MW
- National rank
- #333
- TX rank
- #56
Monthly generation
Download CSVMonthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
ERCOT disclosed dispatch
4 ERCOT market resources · Combined-cycle gas
Generation
3 mo through May 22, 2026Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.
Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through May 22, 2026
Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending May 22, 2026
Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.
Grid and market context
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Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsNearby substations
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Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Land and environmental record
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
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Parties and identifiers
| Relationship | Entity | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| EIA registered operator | Oxy Vinyls LP | EIA May 2026 generator inventory |
| Seller of OxyChem in the January 2026 corporate transaction | Occidental OxyChem sale completion | |
| Market resources | DIB_CC1_1, DIB_CC1_3, DIB_CC1_5, DIB_CC1_6 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-50043 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/houston-chemical-complex-battleground. |
Reporting portfolio
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- GT1 Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports May 1982.
- GT2 Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports June 1982.
- Steam unit entered serviceEIA May 202...
EIA reports August 1982.
- GT3 Entered ServiceEIA May 202...
EIA reports June 2005.
- OxyChem corporate sale completedOccidental ...
Occidental completed the sale of OxyChem to Berkshire Hathaway.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
Sources
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