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EIA plant 57322

Mont Belvieu · Chambers · TX

Mont Belvieu Cogeneration Unit

Operated by Targa Co-Generation LLC

Annual generation95,447 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextElectric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.Balancing authority or NERC region

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29.838138, -94.900661

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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 Turbine15 MW represented

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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.

18,246.89
25,693.81
36,461.41
46,070.65
58,111.06
69,150.72
79,891.2
811,176.39
99,273.37
108,032.78
116,435.32
126,903.51

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
18,246.89
25,693.81
36,461.41
46,070.65
58,111.06
69,150.72
79,891.2
811,176.39
99,273.37
108,032.78
116,435.32
126,903.51

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
18,247 MWh
25,694 MWh
36,461 MWh
46,071 MWh
58,111 MWh
69,151 MWh
79,891 MWh
811,176 MWh
99,273 MWh
108,033 MWh
116,435 MWh
126,904 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GT01Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG15OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
57322
Sector
Industrial CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (11,176 MWh) and 2 the lowest (5,694 MWh). Their difference is 5,482 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GT01Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine15.012.315.011.0

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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