Coughlin Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Evangeline County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Cleco Power LLC
- County
- Evangeline County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 3.15%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #7 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 1396
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 243 MW | 185 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| U6CT | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 189 MW | 144 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| U72 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 189 MW | 146 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| U7CT | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 189 MW | 148 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 114 MW | 104 MW | 1961 | 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
| Lake Charles Power | Natural gas | 1,000 MW |
| St. Charles Power Station (LA) | Natural gas | 1,000 MW |
| Ouachita | Natural gas | 904 MW |
| Taft Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 894 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 923 MW solar plant and a 923 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