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Formosa Plastics — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · Formosa Plastics Corp
  • Combustion
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Formosa Plastics

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 47% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1985
Net generation, 2025
416,151 MWh
Grid
230 kV to Entergy Gulf States - LA LLC (MISO)
Location
East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Unspecified fuel

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Formosa Plastics Corp USA

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
41 years since 1985
Unused energy
467 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate
11,320 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000597444
Subparts reported
C, X
NAICS code
325211
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1006010
Eia status
By code
OP
Mw
62.80
Units
3
SB
Mw
38
Units
1
Standby mw
38
Status rule
some_units_retired
In service mw
100.8
Out of service mw
0
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20254,710,706
Capacity factor, 20250.471
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202511,319.7
Net generation (MWh), 2025416,151
Balancing authority codeMISO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusSome generators have retired; the rest of the plant is still in service. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Capacity retired
38.2 MW
Generators retired
1
Capacity still in service
100.8 MW
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine38.2 MWRetiredJanuary 2010

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
230 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
Entergy Gulf States - LA LLC
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
NERC region
SERC
Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
Can the connection be reused?

A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Formosa Plastics Corp Operator EIA-860M
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP USA Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Unit GT1 scheduled to retire, 38.2 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

Sources

Every source and license · Attribution

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