Power Plants in Louisiana

118 plants · 38.1 GW total capacity

Louisiana has 118 power plants with 38.1 GW total capacity. The generation mix includes 56 gas, 32 solar, 22 other plants.

Largest is Richland Parish Power Station 1&2 (3121 MW Natural Gas); oldest active is CITGO Refinery Powerhouse (1942); newest is Sterlington Solar (2026); top owner is Entergy (28 plants).

78 interconnection queue projects in Louisiana totaling 19.9 GW of proposed capacity.

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By Fuel Type

Coal

2 plants · 3.3 GW

Nuclear

2 plants · 2.2 GW

Hydro

2 plants · 241 MW

Oil

2 plants · 18 MW

All Plants (sorted by capacity)

Richland Parish Power Station 1&2 — 3121 MW Natural Gas
Nine Mile Point — 2440 MW Natural Gas
Big Cajun 2 — 1903 MW Sub. Coal
Brame Energy Center — 1707 MW Pet. Coke
Franklin Farms 1&2 — 1561 MW Natural Gas
R S Nelson — 1434 MW Sub. Coal
Acadia Energy Center — 1389 MW Natural Gas
Waterford 3 — 1200 MW Nuclear
Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant — 1085 MW Natural Gas
River Bend — 1036 MW Nuclear
Little Gypsy — 1003 MW Natural Gas
Lake Charles Power — 1000 MW Natural Gas
St. Charles Power Station (LA) — 1000 MW Natural Gas
Coughlin Power Station — 923 MW Natural Gas
Ouachita — 904 MW Natural Gas
Taft Cogeneration Facility — 894 MW Natural Gas
Perryville Power Station — 824 MW Natural Gas
Waterford 6 — 820 MW Natural Gas
Waterford 5 — 820 MW Natural Gas
Westlake Power Station — 819 MW Natural Gas
Magnolia Power — 723 MW Natural Gas
J Lamar Stall Unit — 624 MW Natural Gas
Carville Energy LLC — 555 MW Natural Gas
RS Cogen — 493 MW Natural Gas
Big Cajun 1 — 493 MW Natural Gas
Waterford 1 & 2 — 487 MW Natural Gas
Louisiana 1 — 451 MW Natural Gas
Bayou Cove Peaking Power — 416 MW Natural Gas
Washington Parish Energy Center — 400 MW Natural Gas
Calcasieu — 359 MW Natural Gas
PPG Powerhouse C — 358 MW Natural Gas
Dow St Charles Operations — 324 MW Natural Gas
Westlake Plaquemine — 306 MW Natural Gas
Singer Solar — 300 MW Solar
Oxbow Solar 1 — 300 MW Solar
Dolet Hills Solar — 240 MW Solar
Lieberman — 228 MW Natural Gas
Hollis Creek Solar — 220 MW Solar
Beekman Solar — 207 MW Solar
Oak Ridge Solar — 200 MW Solar
Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric — 192 MW Hydro
Louisiana 2 — 175 MW Natural Gas
Mansfield Mill — 172 MW Black Liquor
PPG Riverside — 162 MW Purchased Steam
Geismar — 154 MW Natural Gas
Mondu Solar LLC — 150 MW Solar
Vacherie Solar Energy Center, LLC — 150 MW Solar
Mowata Solar — 150 MW Solar
Elizabeth Solar Plant — 143 MW Solar
Prairie Ronde Solar Farm — 135 MW Solar
New Orleans Power — 132 MW Natural Gas
Arsenal Hill — 125 MW Natural Gas
Bayou Power Station — 113 MW Natural Gas
Formosa Plastics — 101 MW Natural Gas
Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating — 101 MW Natural Gas
T J Labbe Electric Generating — 101 MW Natural Gas
Amite Solar, LLC — 100 MW Solar
Gaylord Container Bogalusa — 100 MW Black Liquor
Bayou Galion Solar Project — 98 MW Solar
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator — 85 MW Natural Gas
Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations — 85 MW Natural Gas
Plant 31 Paper Mill — 84 MW Black Liquor
Geismar Cogen — 84 MW Natural Gas
Shell Chemical — 80 MW Natural Gas
Delta Solar Plant — 80 MW Solar
Houma — 79 MW Natural Gas
International Paper Red River Mill — 79 MW Black Liquor
CITGO Refinery Powerhouse — 75 MW Other Gas
LEPA Unit No. 1 — 74 MW Natural Gas
Rocking R Solar, LLC — 73 MW Solar
Westrock Hodge (LA) — 66 MW Black Liquor
D G Hunter — 65 MW Natural Gas
Luicain Solar — 65 MW Solar
DeRidder Mill — 62 MW Black Liquor
Sterlington — 59 MW Natural Gas
PPG Powerhouse A — 53 MW Purchased Steam
St. Mary Clean Energy Center — 51 MW Waste Heat
LA3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility — 50 MW Solar
Iris Solar LLC — 50 MW Solar
Sunlight Road Solar — 50 MW Solar
Sterlington Solar — 49 MW Solar
Overton Hydroelectric Project — 49 MW Hydro
CII Carbon LLC — 46 MW Waste Heat
Teche — 42 MW Natural Gas
Lake Charles Plant — 36 MW Waste Heat
Lake Charles Polymers — 31 MW Natural Gas
Ivanhoe Generation Facility — 31 MW Waste Heat
Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam — 26 MW Waste Heat
Oak Point Cogen — 24 MW Natural Gas
ADA Carbon Solutions Red River — 21 MW Waste Heat
St. James Solar (LA) — 20 MW Solar
New Orleans Solar Station — 20 MW Solar
LSU Cogen — 20 MW Natural Gas
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP — 14 MW Waste Heat
Domino Sugar Arabi Plant — 14 MW Natural Gas
St Francisville Mill — 13 MW Black Liquor
Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd — 12 MW Ag. Byproduct
New Roads — 9 MW Distillate Oil
Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station — 9 MW Natural Gas
Rayne — 8 MW Distillate Oil
Port Allen (LA) — 8 MW Natural Gas
Louisiana Tech University Power Plant — 8 MW Natural Gas
Louisiana Sugar Refining — 7 MW Natural Gas
Chalmette Refining LLC — 6 MW Other
SR Delhi — 5 MW Solar
SR North Bastrop — 5 MW Solar
SR South Bastrop — 5 MW Solar
SR Winnsboro — 5 MW Solar
Eunice LA Plant — 5 MW Natural Gas
SR Arcadia — 5 MW Solar
Neptune Gas Processing Plant — 5 MW Other
SR Sunset — 4 MW Solar
PPG Plant C Caustic — 3 MW Natural Gas
SR Dunn — 3 MW Solar
TCI Alvar — 2 MW Solar
TCI France — 2 MW Solar
ENO Paterson Solar — 1 MW Solar
Enterprise Sugar Factory — 1 MW Ag. Byproduct

Queue Projects in Louisiana (78 projects)

SPP-GEN-2024-379 — 1350 MW Gas
MISO-J4191 — 805 MW Gas
MISO-J4138 — 805 MW Gas
MISO-J4133 — 756 MW Gas
MISO-J4190 — 707 MW Gas
MISO-J2519 — 600 MW Solar
MISO-R5086 — 593 MW Battery
MISO-J4100 — 500 MW Battery
MISO-J2708 — 500 MW Solar
MISO-J2704 — 500 MW Solar
MISO-J3209 — 467 MW Solar
MISO-J2914 — 450 MW Solar+Battery
MISO-J4076 — 400 MW Battery
MISO-J3591 — 400 MW Solar+Battery
MISO-J4110 — 400 MW Gas
MISO-J3939 — 386 MW Solar
MISO-R5088 — 325 MW Other
MISO-J3840 — 300 MW Battery
MISO-J3454 — 300 MW Solar
MISO-J4098 — 300 MW Battery
MISO-J4075 — 300 MW Battery
MISO-J3014 — 300 MW Solar
MISO-J2791 — 263 MW Gas
MISO-J4201 — 250 MW Other
MISO-J2371 — 250 MW Solar
MISO-J2899 — 250 MW Solar+Battery
MISO-J2965 — 230 MW Wind
MISO-J3479 — 225 MW Solar
MISO-J4050 — 220 MW Solar
MISO-J4051 — 220 MW Solar
MISO-J2322 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J2526 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J2729 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J2753 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J2967 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J3042 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J3170 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J3601 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-J4092 — 200 MW Solar
MISO-S1123 — 200 MW Battery
MISO-J3368 — 200 MW Wind
SPP-GEN-2024-177 — 199 MW Battery
MISO-J2737 — 180 MW Solar
MISO-R5084 — 175 MW Battery
MISO-J2714 — 162 MW Solar
MISO-J3118 — 160 MW Solar+Battery
MISO-J2651 — 160 MW Solar
MISO-J3394 — 156 MW Wind
MISO-J3815 — 153 MW Nuclear
MISO-J2643 — 150 MW Solar

Showing top 50 of 78 projects by capacity.