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EIA plant 4270

Killona · St Charles · LA

Waterford 3

Operated by Entergy Louisiana LLC

Annual generation6,162,283 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNUCCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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29.995267, -90.471581

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNuclear1,199.8 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

10
2631,437
3482,116
40
5185,565
6429,216
7769,458
8698,916
9778,772
10807,057
11784,555
12595,191

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
10
2631,437
3482,116
40
5185,565
6429,216
7769,458
8698,916
9778,772
10807,057
11784,555
12595,191

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
10 MWh
2631,437 MWh
3482,116 MWh
40 MWh
5185,565 MWh
6429,216 MWh
7769,458 MWh
8698,916 MWh
9778,772 MWh
10807,057 MWh
11784,555 MWh
12595,191 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3NuclearNUC1,199.8OP

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EIA plant ID
4270
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Mississippi River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 10 has the highest recorded value (807,057 MWh) and 1, 4 the lowest (0 MWh). Their difference is 807,057 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
3Nuclear1199.81076.01083.2200.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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