How many natural gas power plants are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 56 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 21 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Louisiana?

Nine Mile Point in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is the largest, at 2,440 MW. It came online in 2014.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Louisiana in 2025?

1 natural gas power plant came online in Louisiana in 2025, with 723 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas 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.

Natural gas power plants in Louisiana

Louisiana has 56 operating natural gas power plants with 21 GW of capacity. 1 came online in 2025.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Louisiana had 48 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 56 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Louisiana

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Nine Mile Point	Jefferson Parish	2014	2,440 MW
2	Acadia Energy Center	Acadia Parish	2002	1,389 MW
3	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant	Iberville Parish	2024	1,085 MW
4	Little Gypsy	St Charles Parish	1969	1,003 MW
5	St. Charles Power Station (LA)	St Charles Parish	2019	1,000 MW
6	Lake Charles Power	Calcasieu Parish	2020	1,000 MW
7	Coughlin Power Station	Evangeline Parish	2000	923 MW
8	Ouachita	Ouachita Parish	2002	904 MW
9	Taft Cogeneration Facility	St Charles Parish	2002	894 MW
10	Perryville Power Station	Ouachita Parish	2002	824 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Louisiana

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Magnolia Power	Iberville Parish	2025	723 MW
2	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant	Iberville Parish	2024	1,085 MW
3	Eunice LA Plant	Acadia Parish	2024	5 MW
4	Washington Parish Energy Center	Washington Parish	2020	400 MW
5	New Orleans Power	Orleans Parish	2020	132 MW
6	Lake Charles Power	Calcasieu Parish	2020	1,000 MW
7	Mansfield Mill	DeSoto Parish	2019	62 MW
8	St. Charles Power Station (LA)	St Charles Parish	2019	1,000 MW
9	LEPA Unit No. 1	St Mary Parish	2016	74 MW
10	D G Hunter	Rapides Parish	2016	65 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in Louisiana

How many natural gas power plants are in Louisiana?: Louisiana has 56 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 21 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Louisiana?: Nine Mile Point in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is the largest, at 2,440 MW. It came online in 2014.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Louisiana in 2025?: 1 natural gas power plant came online in Louisiana in 2025, with 723 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas 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.