CITGO REFINERY POWERHOUSE

How CITGO REFINERY POWERHOUSE compares

With 75 MW of capacity, CITGO REFINERY POWERHOUSE ranks 42nd among the 72 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Louisiana and 31st of the 41 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.5% of Louisiana's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 740th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1942, it is older than 98% of the 72 operating Louisiana plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Calcasieu Parish with 10 other operating plants, including R S NELSON and RS COGEN.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 75 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 226 GWh in 2024 (a 34% capacity factor), down 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1942 and 1969.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by ENTERGY LOUISIANA LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 3,104 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is R S NELSON (1,597 MW, Coal).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology