Louisiana 1

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP450 MW capacity

23rd largest plant in Louisiana · 789th nationally

Louisiana 1 is a other fossil power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 451 MW. It generates roughly 3.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 298,548 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 79% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 612 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%79%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 87.2k MWh (26% of capacity)JFeb: 69.1k MWh (23% of capacity)FMar: 41.5k MWh (12% of capacity)MApr: 40.2k MWh (12% of capacity)AMay: 41.7k MWh (12% of capacity)MJun: 40.2k MWh (12% of capacity)JJul: 41.5k MWh (12% of capacity)JAug: 40.8k MWh (12% of capacity)ASep: 39.7k MWh (12% of capacity)SOct: 47.5k MWh (14% of capacity)ONov: 60.7k MWh (19% of capacity)NDec: 86.7k MWh (26% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (451 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.

Capacity451 MWnameplate
Annual Generation3.1M MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor79%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂958.9kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameLouisiana 1
OperatorEntergy Louisiana Llc
CityBaton Rouge
CountyEast Baton Rouge County
StateLouisiana
ZIP70821
Coordinates30.49220, -91.18640

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

NuclearNatural GasCoalOilSolarBiomass

Generators (5)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
5ANatural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas173 MWOperating1999
4ANatural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas129 MWOperating1987
3AOther GasesOther Gas63.0 MWOperating1954
2AOther GasesOther Gas62.5 MWOperating1954
1AOther GasesOther Gas23.0 MWOperating1951

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Exxon Mobil CorpBaton Rouge, LA10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂958.9k metric tons
SO₂8 metric tons
NOₓ515 metric tons
CO₂ Rate612 lb/MWh
This plant611 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..

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Louisiana 1 is a federally registered power generation facility in Louisiana.

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