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Power plant · Gas, steam turbine Retired

Capacity: Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · 4 Nov 2026Open licenseMW

Commissioned: 1957
Net generation, 2015: 1,741,896 MWh
Grid: 230 kV, 115 kV to Entergy New Orleans Inc (MISO)
Location: Orleans County, Louisiana
Operated by: Entergy New Orleans, LLC

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2016

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2016

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner: Entergy Corp

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Technology: Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age: 69 years since 1957

All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110001248891 NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1001608
Balancing authority code	MISO

Retirement

Retired: June 2016
First unit retired: September 2011
Capacity retired: 959.2 MW
Generators retired: 3

Generators that retired or are scheduled to retire
Generator	Technology	Nameplate	State	Date
1	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	115.2 MW	Retired	September 2011
2	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	261.8 MW	Retired	June 2016
3	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	582.2 MW	Retired	June 2016

Grid

Grid voltage at the plant: 230 kV, 115 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner: Entergy New Orleans Inc
Balancing authority: Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
NERC region: SERC

Transmission lines within 25 km (10)

Michoud Station 230 kV line 230 kV · 0.1 km
Curran - Michoud Station 230 kV 230 kV · 0.1 km
Michoud Station 230 kV line 230 kV · 0.1 km
Michoud Station 230 kV line 230 kV · 0.1 km
A B Paterson - Sherwood Forest 115 kV 115 kV · 3.0 km
Curran 230 kV line 230 kV · 5.5 km
A B Paterson 115 kV line 115 kV · 5.7 km
Munster 230 kV line 230 kV · 5.8 km
Munster 230 kV line 230 kV · 5.8 km
Munster 230 kV line 230 kV · 6.7 km

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.