41st largest plant in Louisiana · 2445th nationally
Formosa Plastics is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 101 MW. It generates roughly 369.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 35,196 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 42% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 679 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (101 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 | Formosa Plastics |
|---|---|
| Operator | Formosa Plastics Corp |
| City | Baton Rouge |
| County | East Baton Rouge County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 70805 |
| Coordinates | 30.49920, -91.18720 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 38.8 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 38.2 MW | Retired | 1985 |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 38.0 MW | Standby | 1990 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 12.0 MW | Operating | 1985 |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 12.0 MW | Operating | 1990 |
| CO₂ | 125.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 306 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 679 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.