Orange County Advanced Power Station

The Orange County Advanced Power Station is a 24,500 sq ft new construction facility located at 905 Powerhouse Road in Orange, Texas. Entergy Texas, Inc. serves as the owner of record for this project, which includes site work, a pre-engineered metal building, and interior buildout. The estimated cost for the construction is $7,300,000, resulting in a cost per square foot of $298.

Superior Building Systems is the design firm of record for the Control/Administration Building component of the station. Kenneth Otten is the registered accessibility specialist associated with the TDLR filing. The project was registered with TDLR in June 2024, and plan review was completed in the same month. Construction began in August 2024, with a scheduled completion date of July 2025.

Project Status and Scale

The TDLR record indicates that the final inspection passed in June 2026. Subsequently, TDLR closed the project file in October 2026, marking the end of the accessibility review process for this construction.

This project is privately funded and located on private land for private use. In the context of Orange County new construction filings, the estimated cost of $7,300,000 is above the county median of $750,000. The scheduled build window of 321 days is longer than the county median of 212 days. Additionally, the $298 per square foot cost is above the county median of $152 per square foot.

Entergy Texas, Inc. has four other TDLR-registered projects totaling $28,950,000, including a Control/Administration Building in Port Arthur and a Water Treatment Building in Orange. Superior Building Systems has designed six other projects totaling $27,790,025, with locations in Houston, Baytown, and other Texas cities. A post by Entergy described construction on the Orange County Advanced Power Station as entering its final phase, while a separate report noted the plant achieved a 'first fire' milestone.