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Louisiana 2

Natural gas power plant · East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana

Nameplate capacity
175 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#33
of 98 plants
In service since
1950
January 1950

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Entergy Louisiana LLC
County
East Baton Rouge County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.60%
Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
#25 of 53
EIA plant code
1392

Generating units

Individual generating units at Louisiana 2
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
12Natural Gas Steam Turbine75 MW58 MW1953Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
10Natural Gas Steam Turbine50 MW40 MW1950Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
11Natural Gas Steam Turbine50 MW40 MW1950Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 175 MW solar plant and a 175 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