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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTSWaterford 3
Waterford 3 is a 1,200 MW operating nuclear power plant in St Charles County, Louisiana, operated by Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Generators
Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.
| Unit | Technology | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nuclear | 1,200 MW |
Plant details
- Operator
- Entergy Louisiana LLC
- Location
- St Charles County, Louisiana
- Balancing authority
- MISO
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Capacity
- Operating: 1,200 MW
- First unit online
- Sep 1985
- EIA plant ID
- 4270
Location
29.9953, -90.4716
Nearby power plants
- Waterford 1 & 2Gas power plants, Oil-fired power plants · 487 MW · 0.4 mi
- Taft Cogeneration FacilityGas power plants · 894 MW · 0.8 mi
- Little GypsyGas power plants · 1,003 MW · 0.9 mi
- Waterford 5Gas power plants · 820 MW · 1.0 mi
- Waterford 6Gas power plants · 820 MW · 1.0 mi
- St. Charles Power Station (LA)Gas power plants · 1,000 MW · 1.2 mi
- Dow St Charles OperationsGas power plants · 324 MW · 1.9 mi
- Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy OperationsGas power plants · 85.3 MW · 12.5 mi
- Louisiana Sugar RefiningGas power plants · 6.7 MW · 13.2 mi
- St. James Solar (LA)Solar farms · 20.0 MW · 15.7 mi
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem