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Nine Mile Point

Natural gas power plant · Jefferson County, Louisiana

Nameplate capacity
2,440 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#1
of 98 plants
In service since
1971
May 1971

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Entergy Louisiana LLC
County
Jefferson County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
8.33%
Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
#1 of 53
EIA plant code
1403

Generating units

Individual generating units at Nine Mile Point
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5Natural Gas Steam Turbine895 MW743 MW1973Operating
6(4)Natural Gas Steam Turbine895 MW723 MW1971Operating
6CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle260 MW560 MW2014Operating
6ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle195 MW168 MW2014Operating
6BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle195 MW168 MW2014Operating

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 2,440 MW solar plant and a 2,440 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