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Hydro power plants in Louisiana

Louisiana has 1 operating hydro power plants with 0.2 GW of capacity.

  • Operating1
New OrleansBaton RougeShreveportLafayetteMonroe

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

The largest hydro power plants in Louisiana

Operating, by capacity

#Hydro power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric1990192 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Louisiana

Newest first

#Hydro power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric1990192 MW
The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Louisiana

How many hydro power plants are in Louisiana?
Louisiana has 1 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Louisiana?
Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric in Concordia Parish, Louisiana is the largest, at 192 MW. It came online in 1990.
How many hydro power plants were built in Louisiana in 2025?
0 hydro power plants came online in Louisiana in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Louisiana?
Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

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