Burnside Alumina PlantRetired

Ascension County, Louisiana · EIA plant ID 58200 · Operator: Almatis Burnside Inc.

Natural gasMISOBA: MISO

×12 MW natural gas retired since 2020 (latest Aug 2020)

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Nameplate—MWSummer — MW

Generators0in service

Net generation—GWh12 mo

Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months

Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV

First online—

Monthly net generation

EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.

FinalPreliminary

Capacity factor by year

Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.

Heat rate by year

Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.

Annual data table

Year	Net GWh	Capacity factor	Heat rate (Btu/kWh)
2012	52.3	49.6%	—
2015	42.8	40.8%	11,725
2017	57.9	55.1%	6,897
2018	52.1	49.5%	6,897

Generators

EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.

Gen ID	Technology	Prime mover	Nameplate MW	Summer MW	Online	Status	Planned retirement	OEM / model
GEN1	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	ST	4	4	Dec 1957	Retired Aug 2020	—	coming soon
GEN2	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	ST	4	4	Dec 1957	Retired Aug 2020	—	coming soon
GEN3	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	ST	4	4	Dec 1957	Retired Aug 2020	—	coming soon

Owner / operator

Operator: Almatis Burnside Inc.. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).

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Within 80 km.

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