Houma
Natural gas power plant · Terrebonne County, Louisiana · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
- County
- Terrebonne County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #38 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 1439
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 41 MW | 34 MW | 1977 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 15 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 26 MW | 24 MW | 1972 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 14 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 13 MW | 10 MW | 1967 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Geismar Cogen | Natural gas | 84 MW |
| Shell Chemical | Natural gas | 80 MW |
| International Paper Red River Mill | Other | 79 MW |
| CITGO Refinery Powerhouse | Natural gas | 75 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 79 MW solar plant and a 79 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