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Shell Chemical
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 84% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2002
- Net generation, 2025
- 585,335 MWh
- Grid
- 230 kV to Entergy Louisiana LLC (MISO)
- Location
- Ascension County, Louisiana
- Operated by
- Shell Chemical LP - GeismarSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 24 years since 2002
- Unused energy
- 115 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
- 15,447 Btu/kWh 2025
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 9,041,827 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.835 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 15,447.3 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 585,335 |
| Balancing authority code | MISO |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory