Brame Energy Center
Other power plant · Rapides County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
1,707 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#3
of 98 plants
In service since
1975
June 1975
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Coke
- Operator
- Cleco Power LLC
- County
- Rapides County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 5.83%
- Rank among other plants in Louisiana
- #1 of 21
- EIA plant code
- 6190
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Petroleum Coke | 704 MW | 634 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 558 MW | 488 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 446 MW | 429 MW | 1975 | 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 |
| Big Cajun 2 | Coal | 1,903 MW |
| R S Nelson | Coal | 1,434 MW |
| Acadia Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,389 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 1,707 MW solar plant and a 1,707 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