🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Louisiana
Louisiana operates 69 natural gas power plants totaling 21,492 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 70.0M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants69operating
Capacity21,492 MWnameplate
Generation70.0M MWhannual
All Louisiana natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Mile Point | Westwego | Jefferson County | 2,440 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| R S Nelson | Westlake | Calcasieu County | 1,434 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Acadia Energy Center | Eunice | Acadia County | 1,389 MW | Cleco Power Llc |
| Little Gypsy | La Place | St Charles County | 1,003 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| St. Charles Power Station (La) | La Place | St Charles County | 1,000 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Lake Charles Power | West Lake | Calcasieu County | 1,000 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant | Plaquemine | Iberville County | 987 MW | Dow Chemical Co |
| Waterford 1 & 2 | Killona | St Charles County | 932 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Coughlin Power Station | St Landry | Evangeline County | 923 MW | Cleco Power Llc |
| Ouachita | Sterlington | Ouachita County | 904 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Taft Cogeneration Facility | Hahnville | St Charles County | 894 MW | Occidental Chemical Corporation |
| Perryville Power Station | Sterlington | Ouachita County | 824 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Arsenal Hill | Shreveport | Caddo County | 749 MW | Southwestern Electric Power Co |
| J Lamar Stall Unit | Shreveport | Caddo County | 624 MW | Southwestern Electric Power Co |
| Carville Energy Llc | St Gabriel | Iberville County | 555 MW | Carville Energy Llc |
| Rs Cogen | Lake Charles | Calcasieu County | 493 MW | Westlake 2 Us Llc |
| Big Cajun 1 | Jarreau | Pointe Coupee County | 493 MW | Louisiana Generating Llc |
| Lao Energy Systems | Plaquemine | Iberville County | 465 MW | Dow Chemical Co |
| Bayou Cove Peaking Power | Jennings | Acadia County | 416 MW | Bayou Cove, Llc |
| Washington Parish Energy Center | Bogalusa | Washington County | 400 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Teche | Baldwin | St Mary County | 391 MW | Cleco Power Llc |
| Calcasieu | Sulphur | Calcasieu County | 359 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Ppg Powerhouse C | Lake Charles | Calcasieu County | 358 MW | Westlake 2 Us Llc |
| Dow St Charles Operations | Taft | St Charles County | 324 MW | Dow Chemical Co - St Charles |
| Westlake Plaquemine | Plaquemine | Iberville County | 306 MW | Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc |
| Lieberman | Mooringsport | Caddo County | 228 MW | Southwestern Electric Power Co |
| Louisiana 2 | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge County | 175 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Mansfield Mill | Mansfield | Desoto County | 172 MW | Ipc-Mansfield Mill |
| New Orleans Power | New Orleans | Orleans County | 132 MW | Entergy New Orleans, Llc |
| Formosa Plastics | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge County | 101 MW | Formosa Plastics Corp |
| T J Labbe Electric Generating | Lafayette | Lafayette County | 101 MW | Lafayette Utilities System |
| Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating | Lafayette | Lafayette County | 101 MW | Lafayette Utilities System |
| Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge County | 85 MW | Exxon Mobil Corp |
| Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations | Gramercy | St James County | 85 MW | Atalco Gramercy Llc |
| Geismar | Geismar | Ascension County | 84 MW | Basf Corporation |
| Geismar Cogen | Geismar | Ascension County | 84 MW | Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp |
| Shell Chemical | Geismar | Ascension County | 80 MW | Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar |
| Houma | Houma | Terrebonne County | 79 MW | Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't |
| Lepa Unit No. 1 | Morgan City | St Mary County | 74 MW | Louisiana Energy & Power Authority |
| D G Hunter | Alexandria | Rapides County | 65 MW | City Of Alexandria - (La) |
| Sterlington | Sterlington | Ouachita County | 59 MW | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Lake Charles Polymers | Westlake | Calcasieu County | 31 MW | Equistar Chemicals Lp |
| Oak Point Cogen | Belle Chasse | Plaquemines County | 24 MW | Chevron Oronite Co Llc |
| Lsu Cogen | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge County | 20 MW | Lsu And A&m College |
| Domino Sugar Arabi Plant | Arabi | St Bernard County | 14 MW | American Sugar Refining Inc. |
| Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station | Grand Isle | Jefferson County | 9 MW | Cox Operating Llc |
| Port Allen (La) | Port Allen | West Baton Rouge County | 8 MW | Placid Refining Co Llc |
| Louisiana Tech University Power Plant | Ruston | Lincoln County | 8 MW | Louisiana Tech University |
| Louisiana Sugar Refining | Gramercy | St James County | 7 MW | Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc |
| Eunice La Plant | Eunice | Acadia County | 5 MW | Enlink Processing Services, Llc |
| Ppg Plant C Caustic | Lake Charles | Calcasieu County | 3 MW | Westlake 2 Us Llc |
| Willow Glen | St. Gabriel | Iberville County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Buras | Buras | Plaquemines County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| A B Paterson | New Orleans | Orleans County | — | Entergy New Orleans, Llc |
| Michoud | New Orleans | Orleans County | — | Entergy New Orleans, Llc |
| Franklin (La) | Franklin | St Mary County | — | Cleco Power Llc |
| Louis Doc Bonin | Lafayette | Lafayette County | — | Lafayette Utilities System |
| Rodemacher | Lafayette | Lafayette County | — | Lafayette Utilities System |
| Monroe (La) | Monroe | Ouachita County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Morgan City | Morgan City | St Mary County | — | Louisiana Energy & Power Authority |
| Plaquemine | Plaquemine | Iberville County | — | Louisiana Energy & Power Authority |
| Thibodaux | Thibodaux | Lafourche County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| New Orleans | New Orleans | Orleans County | — | Air Products & Chemicals Inc |
| Exxonmobil Garden City Gas Plant | Centerville | St Mary County | — | Exxon Mobil Production Co |
| Plaquemine Operations | Plaquemine | Iberville County | — | Dow Chemical Co |
| Toca Plant | St. Bernard | St Bernard County | — | Enterprise Products Optg Lp |
| Magnolia Power | Plaquemine | Iberville County | — | Magnolia Power Holdings Llc |
| Bayou Power Station | Golden Meadow | Lafourche County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |
| Franklin Farms 1&2 | Rayville | Richland County | — | Entergy Louisiana Llc |