Power Plants Near 70615 — Lake Charles, LA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70615 (Lake Charles, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2585, -93.1146 · County: Calcasieu

Natural Gas 94%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.0 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
10.2 mi	Ppg Powerhouse A Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	53 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
10.2 mi	Ppg Riverside Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	162 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
10.4 mi	Rs Cogen Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
10.4 mi	Lake Charles Power West Lake, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
10.7 mi	R S Nelson Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
10.9 mi	Ppg Plant C Caustic Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
11.0 mi	Ppg Powerhouse C Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	358 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
13.1 mi	Lake Charles Polymers Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	31 MW	Equistar Chemicals Lp
13.5 mi	Citgo Refinery Powerhouse Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	75 MW	Citgo Petroleum Corp
15.2 mi	Lake Charles Plant Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	36 MW	Rain Cii Carbon Llc
15.3 mi	Calcasieu Sulphur, LA	Natural Gas	359 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
30.8 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
36.9 mi	Engineered Carbons Echo Cogeneration Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Orion Engineered Carbons
37.0 mi	Cottonwood Energy Company Lp Deweyville, TX	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Nrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc
37.4 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
37.6 mi	Usg Paper, Llc - Orange Mill Orange, TX	Biomass	48 MW	Usg Paper Llc
38.5 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
39.7 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
40.9 mi	Sabine River Operations Orange, TX	Natural Gas	595 MW	The Dow Chemical Company
43.3 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
43.5 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
44.4 mi	Deridder Mill Deridder, LA	Biomass	62 MW	Packaging Corporation Of America
48.0 mi	Orange County Advanced Power Station Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
48.4 mi	Sabine Orange, TX	Natural Gas	1,812 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Lake Charles, Louisiana (ZIP 70615), with a combined 9,918 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd at 4.0 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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