Louisiana Sugar Refining
Natural gas power plant · St James County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Louisiana Sugar Refining LLC
- County
- St James County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #51 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 10301
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 2.5 MW | 1.7 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 2.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 1.7 MW | 1.5 MW | 1957 | Standby/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.
Similarly sized plants in Louisiana
| Port Allen (LA) | Natural gas | 7.6 MW |
| Louisiana Tech University Power Plant | Natural gas | 7.5 MW |
| Chalmette Refining LLC | Other | 5.7 MW |
| Fort Polk (fka Johnson) - Chaffee East | Solar | 5.0 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 6.7 MW solar plant and a 6.7 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