Texas Natural Gas Plant Startup, Shutdown, and Emissions Data, 2015-2024

National Laboratory of the Rockies provides a dataset on the flexible operation of natural gas power plants in Texas. It includes historical hourly data from 2015 to 2024, summarizing startup and shutdown durations and nitrogen oxide emission factors for combined cycle, combustion turbine, and steam turbine units. The data is derived from the U.S. EPA's Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD).

Use Cases

• Modeling power plant startup and shutdown durations for grid flexibility studies.
• Comparing nitrogen oxide emission factors during transient versus steady-state plant operation.
• Analyzing historical trends in natural gas plant operations and emissions in Texas.

Strengths

• Covers a 9-year time range from 2015 to 2024.
• Derived from the authoritative U.S. EPA Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD).
• Includes data for three distinct unit types: combined cycle, combustion turbine, and steam turbine.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Laboratory of the Rockies, operated by the Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Collection Method

Derived using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Clean Air Markets Program Data (CAMPD).

Time Range

2015–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 15:56:26.321087; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Texas, United States