Lake Charles Polymers
Natural gas power plant · Calcasieu County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
31 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#71
of 98 plants
In service since
2011
September 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Equistar Chemicals LP
- County
- Calcasieu County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.11%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #44 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 57884
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G-900 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 14 MW | 15 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| G-901 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 8.4 MW | 8.0 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| G-902 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 8.4 MW | 8.0 MW | 2011 | 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
| Teche | Natural gas | 42 MW |
| Lake Charles Plant | Other | 36 MW |
| Ivanhoe Generation Facility | Other | 31 MW |
| Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam | Other | 26 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 31 MW solar plant and a 31 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