Power Plants Near 39462 — New Augusta, MS

10 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 39462 (New Augusta, Mississippi). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 31.2026, -89.0367 · County: Perry

Natural Gas 84%Solar 12%Biomass 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.9 mi	Leaf River Cellulose Llc New Augusta, MS	Biomass	50 MW	Leaf River Cellulose Llc
16.2 mi	Eaton Petal, MS	Natural Gas	—	Mississippi Power Co
16.4 mi	Hattiesburg Solar Farm Hattiesburg, MS	Solar	50 MW	Hattiesburg Farm, Llc
21.1 mi	R D Morrow Purvis, MS	Natural Gas	558 MW	Cooperative Energy
25.6 mi	Benndale Benndale, MS	Natural Gas	28 MW	Cooperative Energy
27.3 mi	Moselle Moselle, MS	Natural Gas	511 MW	Cooperative Energy
29.7 mi	Sumrall Ii Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Onward Energy
30.5 mi	Sumrall I Solar Farm Sumrall, MS	Solar	52 MW	Ms Solar 2, Llc
31.1 mi	Covington (Ms) Covington, MS	Solar	—	Origis Energy Usa, Inc
47.3 mi	Sr Lott Mobile, AL	Solar	—	Sr Lott, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 10 power plants within 50 miles of New Augusta, Mississippi (ZIP 39462), with a combined 1,301 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 10 nearby plants. The closest plant is Leaf River Cellulose Llc at 2.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Mississippi, visit the Mississippi state page.

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