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EIA plant 3464

Houston · Harris · TX

Greens Bayou

Operated by NRG Texas Power LLC

Annual generation37,072 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextElectric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Greens Bayou?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

29.822201, -95.219429

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine432 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the TX plant index for regional peers.

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

116,163.19
20
31,270.24
43,728.84
53,676.62
62,168.52
7860.04
82,595.23
9651.2
103,888.26
112,069.87
120

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
116,163.19
20
31,270.24
43,728.84
53,676.62
62,168.52
7860.04
82,595.23
9651.2
103,888.26
112,069.87
120

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
116,163 MWh
20 MWh
31,270 MWh
43,729 MWh
53,677 MWh
62,169 MWh
7860 MWh
82,595 MWh
9651 MWh
103,888 MWh
112,070 MWh
120 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
73Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP
74Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP
81Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP
82Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP
83Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP
84Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG72OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
3464
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Lake Houston
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (16,163 MWh) and 2, 12 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 16,163 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
73Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.057.067.030.0
74Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.053.068.030.0
81Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.053.069.030.0
82Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.047.053.030.0
83Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.061.072.030.0
84Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72.056.067.030.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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