Formosa Plastics
Natural gas power plant · East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Formosa Plastics Corp
- County
- East Baton Rouge County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.34%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #29 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 54518
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 39 MW | 33 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 33 MW | 1990 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 12 MW | 8.0 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 12 MW | 8.0 MW | 1990 | 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
| New Orleans Power | Natural gas | 132 MW |
| Arsenal Hill | Natural gas | 125 MW |
| Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating | Natural gas | 101 MW |
| T J Labbe Electric Generating | Natural gas | 101 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 101 MW solar plant and a 101 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