5th largest plant in Louisiana · 176th nationally
Acadia Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 1,389 MW. It generates roughly 5.7M MWh per year — enough to power about 542,501 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 901 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,389 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Acadia Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cleco Power Llc |
| City | Eunice |
| County | Acadia County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 70535 |
| Coordinates | 30.42861, -92.41306 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 264 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| ST26 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 264 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT11 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 215 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT12 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 215 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT24 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 215 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT25 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 215 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Entergy Corp | New Orleans, LA | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 2.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 13 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 188 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 901 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.