Citgo Refinery Powerhouse

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP75 MW capacity

54th largest plant in Louisiana · 2940th nationally

Citgo Refinery Powerhouse is a other fossil power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 75.0 MW. It generates roughly 174.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,611 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 27% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 653 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%27%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 20.6k MWh (37% of capacity)JFeb: 20.6k MWh (41% of capacity)FMar: 14.6k MWh (26% of capacity)MApr: 18.2k MWh (34% of capacity)AMay: 15.1k MWh (27% of capacity)MJun: 15.3k MWh (28% of capacity)JJul: 21.3k MWh (38% of capacity)JAug: 22.3k MWh (40% of capacity)ASep: 20.4k MWh (38% of capacity)SOct: 19.0k MWh (34% of capacity)ONov: 18.5k MWh (34% of capacity)NDec: 20.3k MWh (36% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (75.0 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.

Capacity75 MWnameplate
Annual Generation174.4k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor27%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂56.9kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameCitgo Refinery Powerhouse
OperatorCitgo Petroleum Corp
CitySulphur
CountyCalcasieu County
StateLouisiana
ZIP70663
Coordinates30.18260, -93.32340

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasBiomass

Generators (3)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Other GasesOther Gas25.0 MWOut of Service1942
GEN2Other GasesOther Gas25.0 MWOperating1942
GEN3Other GasesOther Gas25.0 MWOperating1969

Emissions (annual)

CO₂56.9k metric tons
NOₓ20 metric tons
CO₂ Rate653 lb/MWh
This plant652 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionSERC
Balancing AuthorityMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

About Other Fossil plants

Citgo Refinery Powerhouse is a federally registered power generation facility in Louisiana.

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