Power Plants in Louisiana

Louisiana operates 128 power plants totaling 30,012 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 72%, followed by Coal (12%) and Nuclear (7%). The largest plant is Nine Mile Point at 2,439 MW.

Plants128operating sites
Capacity30,012 MWnameplate
Generation95.8M MWhannual
CO₂37.1Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 72%Coal 12%Nuclear 7%Solar 4%Other Fossil 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Louisiana operates another 8 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Louisiana

PlantCityFuelCapacity
Nine Mile PointWestwegoNatural Gas2,440 MW
Big Cajun 2New RoadsCoal1,903 MW
Brame Energy CenterLenaCoal1,707 MW
R S NelsonWestlakeNatural Gas1,434 MW
Acadia Energy CenterEuniceNatural Gas1,389 MW
Waterford 3KillonaNuclear1,200 MW
River BendSt. FrancisvilleNuclear1,036 MW
Little GypsyLa PlaceNatural Gas1,003 MW
St. Charles Power Station (La)La PlaceNatural Gas1,000 MW
Lake Charles PowerWest LakeNatural Gas1,000 MW
Plaquemine Cogeneration PlantPlaquemineNatural Gas987 MW
Waterford 1 & 2KillonaNatural Gas932 MW
Coughlin Power StationSt LandryNatural Gas923 MW
OuachitaSterlingtonNatural Gas904 MW
Taft Cogeneration FacilityHahnvilleNatural Gas894 MW
Perryville Power StationSterlingtonNatural Gas824 MW
Arsenal HillShreveportNatural Gas749 MW
J Lamar Stall UnitShreveportNatural Gas624 MW
Carville Energy LlcSt GabrielNatural Gas555 MW
Rs CogenLake CharlesNatural Gas493 MW
Big Cajun 1JarreauNatural Gas493 MW
Lao Energy SystemsPlaquemineNatural Gas465 MW
Louisiana 1Baton RougeOther Fossil451 MW
Bayou Cove Peaking PowerJenningsNatural Gas416 MW
Washington Parish Energy CenterBogalusaNatural Gas400 MW
TecheBaldwinNatural Gas391 MW
CalcasieuSulphurNatural Gas359 MW
Ppg Powerhouse CLake CharlesNatural Gas358 MW
Dow St Charles OperationsTaftNatural Gas324 MW
Westlake PlaqueminePlaquemineNatural Gas306 MW
Oxbow Solar 1New RoadsSolar300 MW
LiebermanMooringsportNatural Gas228 MW
Oak Ridge SolarOak RidgeSolar200 MW
Sidney A Murray Jr HydroelectricVidaliaHydroelectric192 MW
Louisiana 2Baton RougeNatural Gas175 MW
Mansfield MillMansfieldNatural Gas172 MW
Ppg RiversideLake CharlesOther Fossil162 MW
Elizabeth Solar PlantPitkinSolar143 MW
Prairie Ronde Solar FarmOpelousasSolar135 MW
New Orleans PowerNew OrleansNatural Gas132 MW
Formosa PlasticsBaton RougeNatural Gas101 MW
T J Labbe Electric GeneratingLafayetteNatural Gas101 MW
Hargis-Hebert Electric GeneratingLafayetteNatural Gas101 MW
Gaylord Container BogalusaBogalusaBiomass99.5 MW
Bayou Galion Solar ProjectMer RougeSolar98.1 MW
Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine GeneratorBaton RougeNatural Gas85.3 MW
Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy OperationsGramercyNatural Gas85.3 MW
Plant 31 Paper MillWest MonroeBiomass84.2 MW
GeismarGeismarNatural Gas84.1 MW
Geismar CogenGeismarNatural Gas83.9 MW

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