26th largest plant in Louisiana · 858th nationally
Teche is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 391 MW. It generates roughly 170.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 16,244 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 5% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1365 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 (391 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 | Teche |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cleco Power Llc |
| City | Baldwin |
| County | St Mary County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 70514 |
| Coordinates | 29.82222, -91.54250 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 349 MW | Retired | 1971 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 54.4 MW | Retired | 1956 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 42.2 MW | Operating | 2011 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 23.0 MW | Retired | 1953 |
| CO₂ | 116.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 205 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1365 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.