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Power plant · EIA plant code 10554

Formosa Utility Venture Ltd

Operator
Formosa Plastics Corp
Location
Calhoun, TX (county level only)
Balancing authority
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO)
Nameplate capacity
933.4 MW
Summer capacity
829.8 MW

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
4,950,631 MWh
Capacity factor
60.5%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

Carbon dioxide in 2023
1,343,739 metric tons
Carbon dioxide per MWh
660 lb/MWh

eGRID reports 1,481,219 short tons. One short ton is 0.90718474 metric tons.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at Formosa Utility Venture Ltd
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
3ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG40 MW2023Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
3TBG1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG102 MW2023Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
3TBG2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG102 MW2023Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
BO3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG36.2 MW1987Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG33.5 MW1994Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
ST2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG66.3 MW1994Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
ST3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG55 MW2002Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG82.5 MW1993Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG82.5 MW1993Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG82.5 MW1993Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG4Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG82.5 MW1994Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG5Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG82.5 MW1994Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
TBG6Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG85.9 MW2003Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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