🔥 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
Where natural gas plants sit in Louisiana
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 |