Power Plants Near 70040 — Braithwaite, LA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70040 (Braithwaite, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.7361, -89.9197 · County: Plaquemines Parish

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
10.6 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
14.0 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
14.3 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
15.4 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
18.3 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
18.8 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
18.8 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
18.9 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
18.9 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
19.3 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
19.9 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.0 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
20.3 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
33.6 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc
34.7 mi	Buras Buras, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.7 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
36.8 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
37.4 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.5 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.6 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.0 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
40.3 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.4 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
50.0 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Braithwaite, Louisiana (ZIP 70040), with a combined 8,211 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Oak Point Cogen at 7.5 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 Louisiana, visit the Louisiana state page.

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