List of power stations in Louisiana
Sources of Louisiana utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024:[1]
- Natural gas: 51,529 (71.6%)
- Nuclear: 14,686 (20.4%)
- Coal: 3,763 (5.23%)
- Solar: 1,209 (1.68%)
- Biomass: 84 (0.12%)
- Hydroelectric: 716 (0.99%)
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Louisiana, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Louisiana had a total summer capacity of 24,963 MW across all of its power plants,[2] and a 2024 a net generation of 72,039 GWh.[3] In 2024, Louisiana’s energy mix was 71.6%% natural gas, 20.4% nuclear, 5.2% coal, 1.7% solar, 0.12% biomass, and 1% hydroelectric.
Louisiana electricity generation by type
Louisiana power grid
Nuclear power plants
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Operator | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Bend Nuclear Generating Station | St. Francisville | 30°45′19″N 91°20′00″W / 30.755282°N 91.333365°W | 974 | Entergy Louisiana | 1986 |
| Waterford Nuclear Generating Station | Killona | 29°59′43″N 90°28′19″W / 29.995181°N 90.472071°W | 1,152 | Entergy Louisiana | 1985 |
Fossil-fuel power plants
Coal
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Operator | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cajun II | New Roads | 30°43′36″N 91°22′01″W / 30.726667°N 91.366944°W | 1,277 | Cleco and Entergy | 1981[4] |
| R. S. Nelson | Westlake | 30°17′04″N 93°17′28″W / 30.2844°N 93.2911°W | 615 | Entergy | 1982[5] |
Natural gas
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Operator | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Power Station | Eunice | 1,064 | Cleco and Entergy | 2002[6] |
| Bayou Cove Peaking Plant | Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana | 175 | Entergy | 2002[7] |
| Perryville Power Station | Sterlington, Louisiana | 638 | Entergy | 2002[8] |
| Nine Mile Point Station | Westwego | 1,575 | Entergy | 1971, 1973, 2014[9] |
| J. Wayne Leonard Power Station | Montz, Louisiana | 980 | Entergy | 2019[10] |
| New Orleans Power Station | New Orleans | 128 | Entergy | 2020 |
Petroleum
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) |
Operator | Year opened |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Station | Harvey, Louisiana | 72 | Entergy | 1964 | |
| Louisiana 1 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 428 | Entergy | 1951[11] | 75% natural gas and 25% petroleum |
Renewable power plants
Biomass
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Fuel type |
Operator | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drax Morehouse BioEnergy | Bastrop, Louisiana | 32°57′27″N 91°52′02″W / 32.957477°N 91.867265°W | 65 | Wood pellets | Drax Group | 2015 |
| Alexandria Biomass | Alexandria, Louisiana | 31°52′37″N 92°16′49″W / 31.877019°N 92.280288°W | 23 | Wood/wood waste | Procter & Gamble | 2014 |
Solar
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Solar Facility | Washington Parish, Louisiana | 30°53′46″N 90°04′24″W / 30.8960°N 90.0734°W | 80 | 2020 |
| Bayou Galion Solar Project | Morehouse Parish, Louisiana | 32°48′19″N 91°49′50″W / 32.8054°N 91.8305°W | 98 | 2023 |
Hydroelectric
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station | Concordia Parish, Louisiana | 31°05′16″N 91°37′11″W / 31.0877064°N 91.6196603°W | 192 | 1990 |
Decomissioned power plants
- Dolet Hills Power Station (coal) - 2021
- Market Street Power Plant (coal) - 1973
See also
- List of power stations in the United States
- List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
References
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Louisiana, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–24". www.eia.gov. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/louisiana/
- ^ "Louisiana Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-big-cajun-ii-generating-station-us/
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-r-s-nelson-coal-fired-power-plant-us/
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/marketdata/acadia-power-station-us/?cf-view
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-bayou-cove-generating-station-us/?cf-view
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-perryville-combined-cycle-power-station-us/
- ^ https://www.gem.wiki/Nine_Mile_Point_power_station
- ^ https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-j-wayne-leonard-power-station-us/
- ^ https://www.gridinfo.com/plant/louisiana-1/1391