Taft Cogeneration Facility
Natural gas power plant · St Charles County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Occidental Chemical Corporation
- County
- St Charles County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 3.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #9 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 55089
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 359 MW | 299 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 179 MW | 147 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 179 MW | 143 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 179 MW | 150 MW | 2002 | 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
| Coughlin Power Station | Natural gas | 923 MW |
| Ouachita | Natural gas | 904 MW |
| Perryville Power Station | Natural gas | 824 MW |
| Magnolia Power | Natural gas | 723 MW |
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 894 MW solar plant and a 894 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