# River Bend

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/river-bend

Entergy Louisiana, LLC - West Feliciana County - MISO

River Bend is a single-unit boiling-water nuclear generating station in St. Francisville, Louisiana, in West Feliciana Parish, approximately 24 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. Entergy Louisiana, LLC is the current owner-licensee; Entergy Operations, Inc. is the licensed operator under renewed Facility Operating License NPF-47. The facility is equipped with a General Electric Type 6 boiling-water reactor with Mark III containment and a GE-supplied steam turbine generator. EIA reports 1,035.9 MW of nameplate capacity as of June 2026. The station operates in the MISO balancing authority. The renewed operating license expires August 29, 2045.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1035.9 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 6462 — plant-6462

## Facts

- **Technology:** Nuclear
- **Operator:** Entergy Operations, Inc.

## Related parties

- **Owner / asset manager:** Entergy Louisiana, LLC — Owner and NRC owner-licensee ([source](https://www.entergy.com/nuclear/river-bend))
- **Operator / O&M provider:** Entergy Operations, Inc. — Operator and NRC licensed operator ([source](https://www.entergy.com/nuclear/river-bend))
- **Parent company:** Entergy Corporation — Ultimate parent company ([source](https://www.entergy.com/about))
- **Former owner:** Gulf States Utilities Company — Original developer, original NRC licensee, and former 70% owner
- **Former owner:** Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. — Former co-owner (30% interest)
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric — Reactor and turbine-generator manufacturer
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Stone and Webster — Architect, engineer, and construction contractor ([source](http://stoneandwebster.com/))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. — Balancing authority and market operator

## Sources

- [api.eia.gov](https://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data?api_key=DEMO_KEY&data[]=nameplate-capacity-mw&data[]=net-summer-capacity-mw&data[]=net-winter-capacity-mw&end=2026-06&facets[plantid][]=6462&frequency=monthly&start=2026-06) — api.eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [entergy.com](https://www.entergy.com/nuclear/river-bend) — entergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/05/E8-31276/entergy-operations-inc-river-bend-station-unit-3-combined-license-application-notice-of-intent-to) — federalregister.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Entergy Louisiana, LLC](https://www.entergy.com/nuclear/river-bend)

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