LSU Cogen
Natural gas power plant · East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- LSU and A&M College
- County
- East Baton Rouge County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #46 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 58428
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 20 MW | 21 MW | 2004 | Operating |
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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| New Orleans Solar Station | Solar | 20 MW |
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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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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