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EIA plant 60926

La Place · St Charles · LA

St. Charles Power Station (LA)

Operated by Entergy Louisiana LLC

Annual generation5,206,712 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is St. Charles Power Station (LA)?

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30.010000, -90.460833

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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

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle1,000 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.

1428,028
2141,262
3133,991
4554,843
5470,643
6479,074
7625,903
8598,342
9340,047
10548,668
11539,983
12345,928

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
1428,028
2141,262
3133,991
4554,843
5470,643
6479,074
7625,903
8598,342
9340,047
10548,668
11539,983
12345,928

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1428,028 MWh
2141,262 MWh
3133,991 MWh
4554,843 MWh
5470,643 MWh
6479,074 MWh
7625,903 MWh
8598,342 MWh
9340,047 MWh
10548,668 MWh
11539,983 MWh
12345,928 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1CNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG500OP
1ANatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG250OP
1BNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG250OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
60926
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, 7 has the highest recorded value (625,903 MWh) and 3 the lowest (133,991 MWh). Their difference is 491,912 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 3 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 250 (1A, 1B) to 500 (1C). The difference is 250 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle250.0250.0250.0Not supplied
1BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle250.0250.0250.0Not supplied
1CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle500.0500.0500.0Not supplied

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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