PPG Riverside
Other power plant · Calcasieu County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
162 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#35
of 100 plants
In service since
1947
September 1947
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- All Other
- Operator
- Westlake 2 US LLC
- County
- Calcasieu County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.55%
- Rank among other plants in Louisiana
- #3 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 50488
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | All Other | 82 MW | 38 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| GEN2 | All Other | 45 MW | 30 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| GEN1 | All Other | 35 MW | 35 MW | 1947 | Out 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.
Similarly sized plants in Louisiana
| Louisiana 2 | Natural gas | 175 MW |
| Mansfield Mill | Other | 172 MW |
| Mondu Solar LLC | Solar | 150 MW |
| Elizabeth Solar Plant | Solar | 143 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 162 MW solar plant and a 162 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