Washington Parish Energy Center

Brownfield

Bogalusa, Washington, Louisiana · Entergy Louisiana LLC

Legacy capacity
655
MW

Washington Parish Energy Center is a natural gas plant in Bogalusa, Washington, Louisiana. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 655 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.

Former use & capacity

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity655 MW
EIA plant ID#55486

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation6.1 mi
OperatorEntergy Louisiana LLC
Operator address18400 Bennett Road, Bogalusa, LA, 70429
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Washington Parish Energy Center, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Washington Parish Energy Center
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN110001Substation-AdjacentMSHancock County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs71.8
UNKNOWN110000Substation-AdjacentMSHancock County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs70.0
MC KNIGHTSubstation-AdjacentLAWashington Parish500 kV1,000 MW1.4 yrs68.9
Greenfield (MC KNIGHT - DANIEL STATION)GreenfieldMSPearl River County500 kV1,000 MW1.4 yrs68.7
UNKNOWN110006Substation-AdjacentMSHancock County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs68.2
UNKNOWN110007Substation-AdjacentMSHancock County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs67.4
UNKNOWN112446Substation-AdjacentMSPearl River County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs67.3
Greenfield (MC KNIGHT - DANIEL STATION)GreenfieldMSPearl River County500 kV1,000 MW1.4 yrs66.8

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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.

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