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Oak Point Cogen

Natural gas power plant · Plaquemines County, Louisiana

Nameplate capacity
24 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#74
of 98 plants
In service since
1999
October 1999

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Chevron Oronite Co LLC
County
Plaquemines County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.08%
Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
#45 of 53
EIA plant code
55857

Generating units

Individual generating units at Oak Point Cogen
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5121Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.7 MW4.6 MW1999Operating
5131Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.7 MW4.6 MW1999Operating
5141Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.7 MW4.2 MW1999Operating
5151Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.7 MW4.2 MW1999Operating
5161Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine4.7 MW4.6 MW1999Operating

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 24 MW solar plant and a 24 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