🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Mississippi
Mississippi operates 37 natural gas power plants totaling 14,354 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 56.3M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants37operating
Capacity14,353 MWnameplate
Generation56.3M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Mississippi
All Mississippi natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor J Daniel Jr | Escatawpa | Jackson County | 2,229 MW | Mississippi Power Co |
| Magnolia Power Plant | Ashland | Benton County | 1,004 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Jack Watson | Gulfport | Harrison County | 919 MW | Mississippi Power Co |
| Tva Southaven Combined Cycle | Southaven | Desoto County | 904 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Choctaw County | French Camp | Choctaw County | 899 MW | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Batesville Generation Facility | Batesville | Panola County | 891 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| Quantum Choctaw Power Llc | Ackerman | Choctaw County | 851 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Ratcliffe | De Kalb | Kemper County | 840 MW | Mississippi Power Co |
| Caledonia | Steens | Lowndes County | 801 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Gerald Andrus | Greenville | Washington County | 781 MW | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Hinds Energy Facility | Jackson | Hinds County | 600 MW | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| R D Morrow | Purvis | Lamar County | 558 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| Attala | Sallis | Attala County | 551 MW | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Baxter Wilson | Vicksburg | Warren County | 545 MW | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Moselle | Moselle | Jones County | 511 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| Kemper County | De Kalb | Kemper County | 372 MW | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Crossroads Energy Center | Clarksdale | Coahoma County | 306 MW | Clarksdale Public Utilities |
| Silver Creek | Prentiss | Jefferson Davis County | 251 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| Chevron Oil | Pascagoula | Jackson County | 171 MW | Mississippi Power Co |
| Sylvarena | Raleigh | Smith County | 141 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| L L Wilkins | Clarksdale | Coahoma County | 55 MW | Clarksdale Public Utilities |
| Sweatt | Meridian | Lauderdale County | 42 MW | Mississippi Power Co |
| Yazoo | Yazoo City | Yazoo County | 34 MW | Public Serv Comm Of Yazoo City |
| Benndale | Benndale | George County | 28 MW | Cooperative Energy |
| Mississippi State University | Mississippi State | Oktibbeha County | 26 MW | Mississippi State University |
| Cf Industries Yazoo City Complex | Yazoo City | Yazoo County | 25 MW | Cf Industries Nitrogen Llc |
| Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood | Taylorsville | Smith County | 7 MW | Georgia-Pacific Wood Products Llc |
| Ergon Refining Vicksburg | Vicksburg | Warren County | 5 MW | Ergon Refining Inc |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | Jackson | Hinds County | 4 MW | Mississippi Baptist Medical |
| Erdc | Vicksburg | Warren County | 3 MW | Entergy Texas Inc. |
| Eaton | Petal | Forrest County | — | Mississippi Power Co |
| Delta (Ms) | Cleveland | Bolivar County | — | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Natchez | Natchez | Adams County | — | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Rex Brown | Jackson | Hinds County | — | Entergy Mississippi Llc |
| Third Street | Clarksdale | Coahoma County | — | Clarksdale Public Utilities |
| Mpc1 | Unknown | — | Mississippi Power Co | |
| Delta Blues Advanced Power Station | Greenville | Washington County | — | Entergy Mississippi Llc |