Power Plants in Mississippi

Mississippi operates 88 power plants totaling 18,086 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 79%, followed by Nuclear (8%) and Solar (7%). The largest plant is Victor J Daniel Jr at 2,229 MW.

Plants88operating sites
Capacity18,086 MWnameplate
Generation72.9M MWhannual
CO₂30.1Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 79%Nuclear 8%Solar 7%Coal 3%

Plant locations

Largest plants in Mississippi

PlantCityFuelCapacity
Victor J Daniel JrEscatawpaNatural Gas2,229 MW
Grand GulfPort GibsonNuclear1,440 MW
Magnolia Power PlantAshlandNatural Gas1,004 MW
Jack WatsonGulfportNatural Gas919 MW
Tva Southaven Combined CycleSouthavenNatural Gas904 MW
Choctaw CountyFrench CampNatural Gas899 MW
Batesville Generation FacilityBatesvilleNatural Gas891 MW
Quantum Choctaw Power LlcAckermanNatural Gas851 MW
RatcliffeDe KalbNatural Gas840 MW
CaledoniaSteensNatural Gas801 MW
Gerald AndrusGreenvilleNatural Gas781 MW
Hinds Energy FacilityJacksonNatural Gas600 MW
R D MorrowPurvisNatural Gas558 MW
AttalaSallisNatural Gas551 MW
Baxter WilsonVicksburgNatural Gas545 MW
Red Hills Generating FacilityAckermanCoal514 MW
MoselleMoselleNatural Gas511 MW
Kemper CountyDe KalbNatural Gas372 MW
Crossroads Energy CenterClarksdaleNatural Gas306 MW
Silver CreekPrentissNatural Gas251 MW
Golden Triangle IiSt.artesiaSolar200 MW
Delta Wind Farm (Ms)DundeeWind185 MW
Pearl River Solar Park LlcMortonSolar175 MW
Chevron OilPascagoulaNatural Gas171 MW
SylvarenaRaleighNatural Gas141 MW
Columbus MsColumbusBiomass129 MW
Sunflower CountyRulevilleSolar100 MW
Ragsdale Solar LlcCantonSolar100 MW
Wildflower Solar, Llc (Ms)DesotoSolar100 MW
Delta's Edge SolarGreenwoodSolar100 MW
Harvest Gold SolarIndianolaSolar99.0 MW
Georgia-Pacific Monticello PaperMonticelloBiomass81.5 MW
Cane CreekPachutaSolar78.5 MW
MoonshotPicayuneSolar78.5 MW
L L WilkinsClarksdaleNatural Gas55.2 MW
Meridian IiiMeridianSolar52.5 MW
Sumrall Ii Solar FarmSumrallSolar52.0 MW
Sumrall I Solar FarmSumrallSolar52.0 MW
International Paper Vicksburg MillVicksburgBiomass50.5 MW
Leaf River Cellulose LlcNew AugustaBiomass50.4 MW
Hattiesburg Solar FarmHattiesburgSolar50.0 MW
SweattMeridianNatural Gas41.9 MW
YazooYazoo CityNatural Gas34.1 MW
BenndaleBenndaleNatural Gas28.4 MW
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi StateNatural Gas26.0 MW
Cf Industries Yazoo City ComplexYazoo CityNatural Gas25.0 MW
MeridianMeridianOil9.0 MW
Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville PlywoodTaylorsvilleNatural Gas7.2 MW
Meridian IiMeridianSolar5.0 MW
Ergon Refining VicksburgVicksburgNatural Gas4.8 MW

By county

Jackson County2 plants · 2,399 MWChoctaw County3 plants · 2,263 MWClaiborne County1 plants · 1,440 MWKemper County2 plants · 1,212 MWLowndes County4 plants · 1,129 MWBenton County1 plants · 1,003 MWHarrison County2 plants · 922 MWPanola County6 plants · 904 MWDesoto County1 plants · 903 MWWashington County3 plants · 781 MWLamar County3 plants · 662 MWHinds County4 plants · 604 MWWarren County4 plants · 603 MWAttala County1 plants · 551 MWCoahoma County4 plants · 546 MWJones County1 plants · 510 MWJefferson Davis County1 plants · 250 MWSunflower County3 plants · 199 MWScott County1 plants · 175 MWSmith County2 plants · 148 MWLauderdale County4 plants · 108 MWCarroll County1 plants · 100 MWDesoto County3 plants · 100 MWMadison County1 plants · 100 MWLawrence County1 plants · 81 MWClarke County1 plants · 78 MWHancock County1 plants · 78 MWYazoo County2 plants · 59 MWPerry County1 plants · 50 MWForrest County2 plants · 50 MWGeorge County1 plants · 28 MWOktibbeha County1 plants · 26 MWMarshall County4 plants · 4 MWChickasaw County2 plants · 4 MWLeake County1 plants · 3 MWWalthall County1 plants · 1 MWRankin County1 plants · 1 MWAdams County1 plants · 0 MWBolivar County1 plants · 0 MWClay County1 plants · 0 MWCovington County1 plants · 0 MWGrenada County1 plants · 0 MWHenderson County1 plants · 0 MWJasper County2 plants · 0 MWMonroe County1 plants · 0 MWTallahatchie County1 plants · 0 MW