15th largest plant in Louisiana · 372nd nationally
Taft Cogeneration Facility is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 894 MW. It generates roughly 5.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 563,542 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 76% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 834 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 (894 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 | Taft Cogeneration Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Occidental Chemical Corporation |
| City | Hahnville |
| County | St Charles County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 70057 |
| Coordinates | 29.98880, -90.45990 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 359 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 179 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 179 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 179 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CO₂ | 2.5M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 12 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 596 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 834 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.