Power Plants Near 70050 — Empire, LA

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70050 (Empire, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.3814, -89.5926 · County: Plaquemines Parish

Natural Gas 70%Other Fossil 20%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
3.7 mi	Buras Buras, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
24.5 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc
36.3 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
38.8 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
39.5 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.6 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
44.7 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
46.1 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
48.0 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.0 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.0 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
49.2 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
49.2 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
49.7 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Empire, Louisiana (ZIP 70050), with a combined 253 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Buras at 3.7 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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