SOWELA Technical Community College

Of its 3 ports, 3 are Level 2. Level 2 ports are 240-volt AC chargers, typically used where a car is parked for an hour or more. That is roughly in line with the Louisiana average of 3.2 ports per station. The registry lists one connector type: J1772, the standard Level 1/2 AC connector.

Lake Charles has 6 charging stations in the DOE registry with 22 ports, the 12th-most of 70 cities and towns in Louisiana. SOWELA Technical Community College accounts for 14% of the charging ports in Lake Charles. It is the only ChargeLab station in Lake Charles. Statewide, Louisiana has 319 stations and 1,029 ports, the 42nd-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in Louisiana, Lafayette, LA - Tesla Supercharger in Lafayette, has 24 ports.

ChargeLab operates 406 stations in the registry across 38 states, with 325 DC fast and 1,312 Level 2 ports in total. 8 of those stations are in Louisiana, 3% of the state's 319.

“Temporarily unavailable” means the station exists but is reported as temporarily out of service. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Jun 12, 2024, one of 61 stations in Louisiana with a 2024 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.