Rayne

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

Nameplate capacity
8.2 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#85
of 98 plants
In service since
1969
January 1969

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
County
Acadia County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among other plants in Louisiana
#18 of 21
EIA plant code
1456

Generating units

Individual generating units at Rayne
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
8Petroleum Liquids4.1 MW3.4 MW1969Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
9Petroleum Liquids4.1 MW3.6 MW1969Out 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 8.2 MW solar plant and a 8.2 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