PPG Plant C Caustic
Natural gas power plant · Calcasieu County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Westlake 2 US LLC
- County
- Calcasieu County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #52 of 52
- EIA plant code
- 50490
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.4 MW | 2.7 MW | 1986 | Operating |
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
| Neptune Gas Processing Plant | Other | 4.5 MW |
| SR Arcadia | Solar | 4.5 MW |
| TCI Alvar | Solar | 1.9 MW |
| TCI France | Solar | 1.5 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 3.4 MW solar plant and a 3.4 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