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PPG Powerhouse A

Other power plant · Calcasieu County, Louisiana · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
53 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#62
of 98 plants
In service since
1943
May 1943

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
All Other
Operator
Westlake 2 US LLC
County
Calcasieu County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.18%
Rank among other plants in Louisiana
#7 of 21
EIA plant code
50487

Generating units

Individual generating units at PPG Powerhouse A
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
A9All Other20 MW20 MW1957Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
A7All Other10 MW10 MW1950Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
A1All Other7.5 MW7.5 MW1943Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
A2All Other7.5 MW7.5 MW1943Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
A4All Other7.5 MW7.5 MW1943Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 53 MW solar plant and a 53 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