Cedar Bayou 5Under construction
Chambers County, Texas · EIA plant ID 68606 · Operator: Cedar Bayou 5 LLC
721 MW under construction (Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle), first expected Aug 2028 · EIA-860M
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service · 721 MW building
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online—
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
No capacity factor available.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | CS | 721 | 674 | planned Aug 2028 | Under construction | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Cedar Bayou 5 LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Cedar Bayou 4 | 536 MW | 0.2 km |
| Cedar Bayou | 1,530 MW | 0.4 km |
| Baytown Energy Center | 933 MW | 3.1 km |
| WAL194 | 1 MW | 5.9 km |
| ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery | 209 MW | 7.4 km |
| WAL2439 | 1 MW | 7.7 km |