NORANDA ALUMINA LLC

How NORANDA ALUMINA LLC compares

With 117 MW of capacity, NORANDA ALUMINA LLC ranks 31st among the 72 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Louisiana and 22nd of the 41 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.8% of Louisiana's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 652nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1958, it is older than 83% of the 72 operating Louisiana plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares St. James Parish with 2 other operating plants, IMC PHOSPHATES COMPANY UNCLE SAM and LOUISIANA SUGAR REFINING.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 85 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 117 MW). Net generation was 208 GWh in 2024 (a 28% capacity factor), down 19% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1958 and 1974.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by ENTERGY LOUISIANA INC, about 0.4 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 4,897 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LITTLE GYPSY (1,251 MW, Natural Gas).

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