Power plant · Louisiana, United States

Louis Doc Bonin Power Plant

Louis Doc Bonin Power Plant is a closed gas power plant in Louisiana, United States, with 341 MW of capacity, operated by Lafayette Utilities System.

Grid connection

It closed in 2017, which freed up a 341 MW grid connection at 138 kV to the grid of City of Lafayette - (LA), unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Louisiana	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1965	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2017	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Lafayette Utilities System	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	341 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	City of Lafayette - (LA)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	138 kV (levels 138, 69 kV)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	30.2380, -92.0463	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Louis Doc Bonin is the 27th-largest of 32 power plants in Louisiana and the 875th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 341 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Louisiana	27th of 32	27,995 MW	1.2%
United States	875th of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	1,538th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1965Started operating
2017Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Avery Island	Mine	—	Closed	40 km

Operator, grid operator and place

Lafayette Utilities SystemOperator
City of Lafayette - (LA)Grid operator
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Gas power plants in the US645
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