The '''Seward Power Plant''' burns waste coal. It replaced a plant by the same name that was built in 1921. The plant began operating in October 2004.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/10/11/newscolumn1.html Opening of New Power Plant Gives Reliant an Energy Boost], ''Houston Business Journal'', October 8, 2004.</ref>