Big Cajun 2
Coal power plant · Pointe Coupee County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Louisiana Generating LLC
- County
- Pointe Coupee County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 6.50%
- Rank among coal plants in Louisiana
- #1 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 6055
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 658 MW | 517 MW | 1981 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 626 MW | 546 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 619 MW | 551 MW | 1983 | 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
| Nine Mile Point | Natural gas | 2,440 MW |
| Brame Energy Center | Other | 1,707 MW |
| R S Nelson | Coal | 1,434 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 1,903 MW solar plant and a 1,903 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