Taft Cogeneration Facility
OxyChemSt Charles County
Overview
- Registry anchor
- Plant 55089
- plant-55089
Infrastructure record
- Mapped facility footprint
- Mapped infrastructure footprint
Mapped infrastructure geometry associated with this asset.
- In service
- 2002-07
Structured profile
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- OxyChem
- Operating status
- Operating
Generation and physical site
EIA plant 55089 · Inventory for Aug 2026.
Reported operating nameplate by technology
- Natural gas
- 894.2 MW
Generator records (4)
| Generator | Technology | Status | Power (MW) | Energy (MWh) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 178.5 | Unknown |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 178.5 | Unknown |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 178.5 | Unknown |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operating | 358.7 |
Related assets
Similar plants ranked by technology, capacity, and distance.
Units and generators
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | 178.5 MW 146.6 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Jul 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | 178.5 MW 142.9 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Aug 2002 | Operating |
| CT3 | 178.5 MW 150.3 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT | Sep 2002 | Operating |
| ST1 | 358.7 MW 299.1 MW summer | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA | Oct 2002 | Operating |
Performance
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Peer context
- Technology capacity
- 894.2 MW
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- National rank
- #121
- of 540 operating peers
- LA rank
- #7
- of 15 operating peers
Monthly generation
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5.57 TWh
Reported net generation
Latest report
Jul 2026
EIA-923 monthly filing
2025 capacity factor
74.4%
Using current reported nameplate capacity
Grid and market context
Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.
Nearby substations
HIFLD infrastructure inventoryIN SERVICE
0.2 km
Commercial, land, and environmental record
Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Transactions and agreements
Commercial Operation
Jul 2002
894.2 MW gas-fired plant serving the Oxy complex in St. Charles Parish.
OxyChem
Related parties and identifiers
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
Timeline and sources
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
Project timeline
- Taft cogeneration plant begins operationsturner-indu...
894.2 MW gas-fired plant serving the Oxy complex in St. Charles Parish.
- Generator enters operation