Lake Charles Plant

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial Non-CHP36 MW capacity

66th largest plant in Louisiana · 4013th nationally

Lake Charles Plant is a other fossil power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 36.4 MW. It generates roughly 163.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 15,608 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 51% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%51%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity36 MWnameplate
Annual Generation163.9k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor51%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NameLake Charles Plant
OperatorRain Cii Carbon Llc
CitySulphur
CountyCalcasieu County
StateLouisiana
ZIP70665
Coordinates30.14889, -93.33556

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

Natural GasBiomass

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
G-1All OtherWH36.4 MWOperating2012

Grid context

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

About Other Fossil plants

Lake Charles Plant is a federally registered power generation facility in Louisiana.

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