Acadia Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Acadia County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Cleco Power LLC
- County
- Acadia County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 4.74%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #2 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 55173
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST13 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 264 MW | 207 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| ST26 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 264 MW | 225 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT11 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 215 MW | 176 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT12 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 215 MW | 170 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT24 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 215 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT25 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 215 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Louisiana
| Brame Energy Center | Other | 1,707 MW |
| R S Nelson | Coal | 1,434 MW |
| Waterford 3 | Nuclear | 1,200 MW |
| Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 1,085 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,389 MW solar plant and a 1,389 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Louisiana power plants · What Louisiana actually generates