Power Plants Near 70616 — Lake Charles, LA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70616 (Lake Charles, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2642, -93.3265 · County: Calcasieu

Natural Gas 92%Other Fossil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.3 mi	Lake Charles Power West Lake, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
2.5 mi	R S Nelson Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
3.2 mi	Ppg Powerhouse C Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	358 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
3.3 mi	Ppg Plant C Caustic Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
3.8 mi	Ppg Powerhouse A Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	53 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
4.0 mi	Rs Cogen Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
4.0 mi	Ppg Riverside Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	162 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
4.7 mi	Lake Charles Polymers Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	31 MW	Equistar Chemicals Lp
5.6 mi	Citgo Refinery Powerhouse Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	75 MW	Citgo Petroleum Corp
7.2 mi	Calcasieu Sulphur, LA	Natural Gas	359 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
8.0 mi	Lake Charles Plant Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	36 MW	Rain Cii Carbon Llc
12.7 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
24.4 mi	Cottonwood Energy Company Lp Deweyville, TX	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Nrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc
24.8 mi	Engineered Carbons Echo Cogeneration Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Orion Engineered Carbons
25.0 mi	Usg Paper, Llc - Orange Mill Orange, TX	Biomass	48 MW	Usg Paper Llc
29.5 mi	Sabine River Operations Orange, TX	Natural Gas	595 MW	The Dow Chemical Company
36.5 mi	Orange County Advanced Power Station Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
36.9 mi	Sabine Orange, TX	Natural Gas	1,812 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
39.6 mi	Port Arthur Texas Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Total Petrochemicals Usa Inc
39.6 mi	Nafta Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	83 MW	Basf Corp
41.3 mi	Deridder Mill Deridder, LA	Biomass	62 MW	Packaging Corporation Of America
41.6 mi	Jco Oxides Olefins Plant Port Neeches, TX	Natural Gas	74 MW	Indorama Ventures
42.3 mi	Port Neches Plant Port Neches, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
43.4 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
43.8 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
44.4 mi	Westrock (Tx) Evadale, TX	Biomass	58 MW	Westrock (Tx)
45.5 mi	Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	277 MW	Motiva Enterprises Llc
46.8 mi	Exxonmobil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont, TX	Natural Gas	678 MW	Exxonmobil Oil Corp
47.0 mi	Air Products Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX	Other Fossil	169 MW	Air Products Llc
48.0 mi	Legend Power Station Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
49.3 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Lake Charles, Louisiana (ZIP 70616), with a combined 9,944 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 21 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Lake Charles Power at 2.3 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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