Toca Plant is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana.
| Plant Name | Toca Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Enterprise Products Optg Lp |
| City | St. Bernard |
| County | St Bernard County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 70085 |
| Coordinates | 29.86670, -89.82610 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG-1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1958 |
| EG-3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Retired | 1958 |
| EG-4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.7 MW | Retired | 1997 |
| EG2A | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.5 MW | Retired | 2001 |
| 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.