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Villa Cavasos

Villa Cavasos is a 9.0 MW operating oil-fired power plant in Cameron County, Texas, operated by Power Depot Group A, LLC.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingAug 2013 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
VC1Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC2Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC3Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC4Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC5Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC6Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC7Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC8Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC9Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC10Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC11Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC12Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC13Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC14Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013
VC15Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW OperatingAug 2013

Plant details

Operator
Power Depot Group A, LLC
Location
Cameron County, Texas
Balancing authority
ERCO
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Capacity
Operating: 9.0 MW
First unit online
Aug 2013
EIA plant ID
65580

Location

26.0213, -97.5963

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem