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.
Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Louisiana operates another 8 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Mile Point | Westwego | Natural Gas | 2,440 MW |
| Big Cajun 2 | New Roads | Coal | 1,903 MW |
| Brame Energy Center | Lena | Coal | 1,707 MW |
| R S Nelson | Westlake | Natural Gas | 1,434 MW |
| Acadia Energy Center | Eunice | Natural Gas | 1,389 MW |
| Waterford 3 | Killona | Nuclear | 1,200 MW |
| River Bend | St. Francisville | Nuclear | 1,036 MW |
| Little Gypsy | La Place | Natural Gas | 1,003 MW |
| St. Charles Power Station (La) | La Place | Natural Gas | 1,000 MW |
| Lake Charles Power | West Lake | Natural Gas | 1,000 MW |
| Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant | Plaquemine | Natural Gas | 987 MW |
| Waterford 1 & 2 | Killona | Natural Gas | 932 MW |
| Coughlin Power Station | St Landry | Natural Gas | 923 MW |
| Ouachita | Sterlington | Natural Gas | 904 MW |
| Taft Cogeneration Facility | Hahnville | Natural Gas | 894 MW |
| Perryville Power Station | Sterlington | Natural Gas | 824 MW |
| Arsenal Hill | Shreveport | Natural Gas | 749 MW |
| J Lamar Stall Unit | Shreveport | Natural Gas | 624 MW |
| Carville Energy Llc | St Gabriel | Natural Gas | 555 MW |
| Rs Cogen | Lake Charles | Natural Gas | 493 MW |
| Big Cajun 1 | Jarreau | Natural Gas | 493 MW |
| Lao Energy Systems | Plaquemine | Natural Gas | 465 MW |
| Louisiana 1 | Baton Rouge | Other Fossil | 451 MW |
| Bayou Cove Peaking Power | Jennings | Natural Gas | 416 MW |
| Washington Parish Energy Center | Bogalusa | Natural Gas | 400 MW |
| Teche | Baldwin | Natural Gas | 391 MW |
| Calcasieu | Sulphur | Natural Gas | 359 MW |
| Ppg Powerhouse C | Lake Charles | Natural Gas | 358 MW |
| Dow St Charles Operations | Taft | Natural Gas | 324 MW |
| Westlake Plaquemine | Plaquemine | Natural Gas | 306 MW |
| Oxbow Solar 1 | New Roads | Solar | 300 MW |
| Lieberman | Mooringsport | Natural Gas | 228 MW |
| Oak Ridge Solar | Oak Ridge | Solar | 200 MW |
| Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric | Vidalia | Hydroelectric | 192 MW |
| Louisiana 2 | Baton Rouge | Natural Gas | 175 MW |
| Mansfield Mill | Mansfield | Natural Gas | 172 MW |
| Ppg Riverside | Lake Charles | Other Fossil | 162 MW |
| Elizabeth Solar Plant | Pitkin | Solar | 143 MW |
| Prairie Ronde Solar Farm | Opelousas | Solar | 135 MW |
| New Orleans Power | New Orleans | Natural Gas | 132 MW |
| Formosa Plastics | Baton Rouge | Natural Gas | 101 MW |
| T J Labbe Electric Generating | Lafayette | Natural Gas | 101 MW |
| Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating | Lafayette | Natural Gas | 101 MW |
| Gaylord Container Bogalusa | Bogalusa | Biomass | 99.5 MW |
| Bayou Galion Solar Project | Mer Rouge | Solar | 98.1 MW |
| Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator | Baton Rouge | Natural Gas | 85.3 MW |
| Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations | Gramercy | Natural Gas | 85.3 MW |
| Plant 31 Paper Mill | West Monroe | Biomass | 84.2 MW |
| Geismar | Geismar | Natural Gas | 84.1 MW |
| Geismar Cogen | Geismar | Natural Gas | 83.9 MW |