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Natural gas power plants in Louisiana

90 natural gas power plants in Louisiana, totaling 36.9 GW of nameplate capacity. Source: EIA.

Development pipeline — planned & under construction

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Planned pipeline — new additions by fuel type

Largest next additions — planned & under construction

Pointe Coupee Power Station
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2031
2,341 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 1&2
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
1,561 MW
Franklin Farms 1&2
Natural gas · Rayville, Louisiana · Under construction · exp. 2028
1,561 MW
Waterford 6
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
820 MW
Waterford 5
Natural gas · Louisiana · Under construction · exp. 2029
820 MW
Westlake Power Station
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
819 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 3
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
780 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 4
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
780 MW

All natural gas plants in Louisiana

Nine Mile Point
Natural gas · Westwego, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1971
2,791 MW
Pointe Coupee Power Station
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2031
2,341 MW
Willow Glen
Natural gas · St. Gabriel, Louisiana · Retired
2,178 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 1&2
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
1,561 MW
Franklin Farms 1&2
Natural gas · Rayville, Louisiana · Under construction · exp. 2028
1,561 MW
Acadia Energy Center
Natural gas · Eunice, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
1,389 MW
Little Gypsy
Natural gas · La Place, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1966
1,251 MW
Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2004
1,085 MW
Lake Charles Power
Natural gas · West Lake, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2020
1,000 MW
St. Charles Power Station (LA)
Natural gas · La Place, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2019
1,000 MW
Michoud
Natural gas · New Orleans, Louisiana · Retired
959 MW
Waterford 1 & 2
Natural gas · Killona, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1975
932 MW
Coughlin Power Station
Natural gas · St Landry, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1961
923 MW
Ouachita
Natural gas · Sterlington, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
904 MW
Taft Cogeneration Facility
Natural gas · Hahnville, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
894 MW
Perryville Power Station
Natural gas · Sterlington, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2001
824 MW
Waterford 5
Natural gas · Louisiana · Under construction · exp. 2029
820 MW
Waterford 6
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
820 MW
Westlake Power Station
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
819 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 3
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
780 MW
Richland Parish Power Station 4
Natural gas · Louisiana · Planned · exp. 2030
780 MW
Magnolia Power
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2025
723 MW
LaO Energy Systems
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Retired
715 MW
J Lamar Stall Unit
Natural gas · Shreveport, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2010
624 MW
Carville Energy LLC
Natural gas · St Gabriel, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2003
555 MW
RS Cogen
Natural gas · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
493 MW
Big Cajun 1
Natural gas · Jarreau, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1972
493 MW
Sterlington
Natural gas · Sterlington, Louisiana · Retired · 1973
474 MW
Teche
Natural gas · Baldwin, Louisiana · Retired · 2011
468 MW
Louisiana 1
Natural gas · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1951
451 MW
Bayou Cove Peaking Power
Natural gas · Jennings, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
416 MW
Washington Parish Energy Center
Natural gas · Bogalusa, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2020
400 MW
Calcasieu
Natural gas · Sulphur, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2000
359 MW
PPG Powerhouse C
Natural gas · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1977
358 MW
Dow St Charles Operations
Natural gas · Taft, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1996
343 MW
Louis Doc Bonin
Natural gas · Lafayette, Louisiana · Retired
341 MW
Westlake Plaquemine
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1997
306 MW
Lieberman
Natural gas · Mooringsport, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1957
278 MW
D G Hunter
Natural gas · Alexandria, Louisiana · Retired · 2016
240 MW
NRG Sterlington Power
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
209 MW
Mansfield Mill
Natural gas · Mansfield, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1981
197 MW
Louisiana 2
Natural gas · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1950
175 MW
A B Paterson
Natural gas · New Orleans, Louisiana · Retired
149 MW
Formosa Plastics
Natural gas · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1985
139 MW
Monroe (LA)
Natural gas · Monroe, Louisiana · Retired
138 MW
New Orleans Power
Natural gas · New Orleans, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2020
132 MW
Arsenal Hill
Natural gas · Shreveport, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1960
125 MW
Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations
Natural gas · Gramercy, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1958
117 MW
Geismar Plant
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
113 MW
Plaquemine Operations
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Retired
106 MW
Borden Chemicals Plastics Cogen
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
104 MW
Plant 31 Paper Mill
Natural gas · West Monroe, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1964
102 MW
T J Labbe Electric Generating
Natural gas · Lafayette, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2005
101 MW
Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating
Natural gas · Lafayette, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2006
101 MW
Houma
Natural gas · Houma, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1967
99 MW
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator
Natural gas · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1990
85 MW
Geismar
Natural gas · Geismar, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1985
84 MW
Geismar Cogen
Natural gas · Geismar, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2000
84 MW
Ruston
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
81 MW
Shell Chemical
Natural gas · Geismar, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2002
80 MW
CITGO Refinery Powerhouse
Natural gas · Sulphur, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1942
75 MW
LEPA Unit No. 1
Natural gas · Morgan City, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2016
74 MW
Morgan City
Natural gas · Morgan City, Louisiana · Retired
70 MW
Natchitoches
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
53 MW
Plaquemine
Natural gas · Plaquemine, Louisiana · Retired
44 MW
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP
Natural gas · Geismar, Louisiana · Retired · 2006
40 MW
Minden
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
35 MW
New Orleans
Natural gas · New Orleans, Louisiana · Retired
31 MW
Lake Charles Polymers
Natural gas · Westlake, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2011
31 MW
Pineville Mill
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
25 MW
Alliance Refinery
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
25 MW
Oak Point Cogen
Natural gas · Belle Chasse, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1999
24 MW
Thibodaux
Natural gas · Thibodaux, Louisiana · Retired
21 MW
Buras
Natural gas · Buras, Louisiana · Retired
21 MW
LSU Cogen
Natural gas · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2004
20 MW
Louisiana Tech University Power Plant
Natural gas · Ruston, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2004
15 MW
Domino Sugar Arabi Plant
Natural gas · Arabi, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1949
14 MW
Burnside Alumina Plant
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
12 MW
Franklin (LA)
Natural gas · Franklin, Louisiana · Retired
10 MW
Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station
Natural gas · Grand Isle, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1965
9 MW
Port Allen (LA)
Natural gas · Port Allen, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1990
8 MW
Louisiana Sugar Refining
Natural gas · Gramercy, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1957
7 MW
Baton Rouge Plant
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
6 MW
Eunice LA Plant
Natural gas · Eunice, Louisiana · Operating · COD 2024
5 MW
Lyondell Chemical Lake Charles
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
4 MW
PPG Plant C Caustic
Natural gas · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Operating · COD 1986
3 MW
Toca Plant
Natural gas · St. Bernard, Louisiana · Retired
3 MW
ExxonMobil Garden City Gas Plant
Natural gas · Centerville, Louisiana · Retired
3 MW
Stingray Facility
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
3 MW
CenterPoint Energy Field Svs.
Natural gas · Louisiana · Retired
1 MW

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)