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as of Oct 27, 2026

Power plant · EIA plant code 50389

Port Allen (LA)

Operator
Placid Refining Co LLC
Location
West Baton Rouge, LA (county level only)
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. (MISO)
Nameplate capacity
7.6 MW
Summer capacity
7 MW

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
49,845 MWh
Capacity factor
74.9%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

Carbon dioxide in 2023
13,032 metric tons
Carbon dioxide per MWh
591 lb/MWh

eGRID reports 14,366 short tons. One short ton is 0.90718474 metric tons.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at Port Allen (LA)
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG3.8 MW1990Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
GEN2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG3.8 MW1990Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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