River Bend
West Feliciana County, Louisiana · EIA plant ID 6462 · Operator: Entergy Louisiana LLC
Nameplate1,036MWSummer 968 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation7,970GWh12 mo to Aug 2026
Capacity factor94%nuclear units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1986
The 12-month figures include preliminary EIA-923 months, which EIA revises. Final data runs through Dec 2025.
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), nuclear 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.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,800.2 | 90.9% | — |
| 2002 | 8,467.5 | 98.6% | — |
| 2003 | 7,641.4 | 89.2% | — |
| 2004 | 7,426 | 87.3% | — |
| 2005 | 7,808.7 | 92.3% | — |
| 2006 | 7,465.5 | 88.1% | — |
| 2007 | 7,184.6 | 84.5% | — |
| 2008 | 6,333.9 | 73.7% | — |
| 2009 | 7,833.4 | 91.8% | — |
| 2010 | 8,363.2 | 98.0% | — |
| 2011 | 7,686.4 | 90.1% | — |
| 2012 | 7,805.2 | 91.1% | — |
| 2013 | 7,586.6 | 89.4% | — |
| 2014 | 8,155 | 96.1% | — |
| 2015 | 6,916 | 81.6% | — |
| 2016 | 7,055.1 | 83.0% | — |
| 2017 | 7,032.3 | 83.0% | — |
| 2018 | 7,000 | 82.6% | — |
| 2019 | 6,420.9 | 75.8% | — |
| 2020 | 7,988.4 | 94.0% | — |
| 2021 | 7,441.9 | 87.8% | — |
| 2022 | 8,305.7 | 98.0% | — |
| 2023 | 4,391.1 | 51.5% | — |
| 2024 | 8,489.3 | 99.1% | — |
| 2025 | 6,792.8 | 80.1% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | ST | 1,035.9 | 968.3 | Jun 1986 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Entergy Louisiana LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | 100.0% | 1,036 MW |
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Within 80 km.
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| Big Cajun 1 | 493 MW | 9.5 km |
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