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EIA plant 61646

West Baton Rouge · West Baton Rouge · LA

LA3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility

Operated by Sol Systems

Annual generation112,130 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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30.465105, -91.331855

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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

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic50 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.

15,969
28,680
38,769
410,811
510,291
612,018
710,374
812,502
99,597
1010,883
116,656
125,580

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
15,969
28,680
38,769
410,811
510,291
612,018
710,374
812,502
99,597
1010,883
116,656
125,580

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
15,969 MWh
28,680 MWh
38,769 MWh
410,811 MWh
510,291 MWh
612,018 MWh
710,374 MWh
812,502 MWh
99,597 MWh
1010,883 MWh
116,656 MWh
125,580 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
LA3WBSolar PhotovoltaicSUN50OP

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EIA plant ID
61646
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 8 has the highest recorded value (12,502 MWh) and 12 the lowest (5,580 MWh). Their difference is 6,922 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
LA3WBSolar Photovoltaic50.050.050.0Not 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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