San Jacinto Steam Electric Station
NRG Energy, Inc. · Harris County · ERCOT
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station is an EIA-listed natural gas fired combustion turbine facility with 160. The plant's generating configuration is 2 natural-gas-fired combustion turbines (natural gas and combustion turbine technology).
Overview
Key fields
- Reported capacity
- 160 MW
EIA-reported net summer capability; other nameplate and seasonal ratings may differ.
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Primary generation technology.
- Registry anchor
- Plant 7325
NRG Texas Power LLC · Harris County · ERCOT
- Operating status
- Operating
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station is operating.
- Settlement point
- SJS_SJS_G1
ERCOT settlement point.
- Resource stack
- 2 resources
SJS_SJS_G1 · SJS_SJS_G2
Profile
- Grid role
- Peaking / quick-start CTG (registered as CTG/GT in ERCOT documents)
- Market node
- SJS_SJS_G1; SJS_SJS_G2.
- Physical build
- Two combustion-turbine generating units (CTGs) on-site: SJS1 and SJS2 (plant listed with 2 generating units; total nameplate ~176.4 MW, summer capacity 160 MW).
Structured profile
- Reported capacity
- 160 MW
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operating status
- operating
San Jacinto Steam Electric Station is operating.
- Location
- Harris County
ERCOT
- Operator
- NRG Texas Power LLC
- Asset role
- natural gas
ERCOT · Harris County
- Owner
- NRG Texas Power LLC
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88.2 MW 80 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Apr 1995 Retirement: Dec 2031 | Operating |
| 2 | 88.2 MW 80 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT | Apr 1995 Retirement: Dec 2031 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 176.4 MW
- National rank
- #272
- TX rank
- #33
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
2 ERCOT market resources · Gas turbine
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
Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.
Market registration
ERCOT public disclosuresOperating context
ERCOT market recordsNearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryCommercial, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Owner / developer associated with San Jacinto Steam Electric Station. | |
| Owner / developer | Parent company associated with San Jacinto Steam Electric Station. | |
| Market resources | SJS_SJS_G1, SJS_SJS_G2 | Linked ERCOT resources. |
| Grid selection | plant:plant-7325 | Canonical asset page /ercot/assets/plant/san-jacinto-steam-electric-station. |
Reporting portfolio
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State |
|---|---|---|
| W A Parish | 4,008.4 MW | TX |
| Limestone | 1,849.8 MW | TX |
| Cedar Bayou | 1,530 MW | TX |
| T H Wharton | 1,189.9 MW | TX |
| Greens Bayou | 432 MW | TX |
| San Jacinto Steam Electric StationCurrent | 176.4 MW | TX |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
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Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 1, generator 2 with this operating date.
- Latest disclosed generation interval
ERCOT SCED disclosure is delayed, so plant performance windows end at the latest disclosed interval.
- Planned generator retirementEIA-860
EIA-860 lists a planned retirement for generator 1, generator 2.
Sources
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