Lake Charles Plant
Other power plant · Calcasieu County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#70
of 98 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- All Other
- Operator
- Rain CII Carbon LLC
- County
- Calcasieu County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among other plants in Louisiana
- #10 of 21
- EIA plant code
- 58310
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-1 | All Other | 36 MW | 28 MW | 2012 | 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
| CII Carbon LLC | Other | 46 MW |
| Teche | Natural gas | 42 MW |
| Lake Charles Polymers | Natural gas | 31 MW |
| Ivanhoe Generation Facility | Other | 31 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 36 MW solar plant and a 36 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