Power Plants Near 70605 — Lake Charles, LA

29 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70605 (Lake Charles, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.1693, -93.2218 · County: Calcasieu

Natural Gas 92%Other Fossil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.0 mi	Ppg Riverside Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	162 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
5.1 mi	Rs Cogen Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
5.2 mi	Ppg Powerhouse A Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	53 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
5.8 mi	Ppg Plant C Caustic Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
5.9 mi	Ppg Powerhouse C Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	358 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
6.1 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
6.1 mi	Citgo Refinery Powerhouse Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	75 MW	Citgo Petroleum Corp
6.3 mi	Lake Charles Polymers Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	31 MW	Equistar Chemicals Lp
6.9 mi	Lake Charles Plant Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	36 MW	Rain Cii Carbon Llc
7.4 mi	Calcasieu Sulphur, LA	Natural Gas	359 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
8.1 mi	Lake Charles Power West Lake, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
9.0 mi	R S Nelson Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
29.8 mi	Engineered Carbons Echo Cogeneration Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Orion Engineered Carbons
31.3 mi	Usg Paper, Llc - Orange Mill Orange, TX	Biomass	48 MW	Usg Paper Llc
31.3 mi	Cottonwood Energy Company Lp Deweyville, TX	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Nrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc
33.0 mi	Sabine River Operations Orange, TX	Natural Gas	595 MW	The Dow Chemical Company
38.0 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
40.1 mi	Orange County Advanced Power Station Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
40.5 mi	Sabine Orange, TX	Natural Gas	1,812 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
42.3 mi	Nafta Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	83 MW	Basf Corp
42.5 mi	Port Arthur Texas Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Total Petrochemicals Usa Inc
43.1 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
44.7 mi	Jco Oxides Olefins Plant Port Neeches, TX	Natural Gas	74 MW	Indorama Ventures
45.6 mi	Port Neches Plant Port Neches, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
45.8 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
47.3 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
47.7 mi	Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	277 MW	Motiva Enterprises Llc
48.6 mi	Deridder Mill Deridder, LA	Biomass	62 MW	Packaging Corporation Of America
49.1 mi	Air Products Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX	Other Fossil	169 MW	Air Products Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 29 power plants within 50 miles of Lake Charles, Louisiana (ZIP 70605), with a combined 9,208 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 19 of the 29 nearby plants. The closest plant is Ppg Riverside at 5.0 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Louisiana, visit the Louisiana state page.

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