Power Plants Near 70086 — Saint James, LA

43 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70086 (Saint James, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.0276, -90.8605 · County: St. James

Natural Gas 85%Nuclear 10%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
2.1 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
8.5 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
8.7 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
10.7 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
11.6 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
13.3 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
14.5 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
14.8 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
16.1 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.0 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
18.5 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
22.9 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.0 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.4 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.9 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
23.9 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.9 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
24.1 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
25.1 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
25.2 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
29.1 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
30.0 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
30.0 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
30.2 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
30.4 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
30.6 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
32.0 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
32.7 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
37.4 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
37.4 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
37.5 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.5 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.0 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
40.4 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
41.3 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
43.1 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
43.2 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
43.2 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
43.6 mi	St. Mary Clean Energy Center Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	51 MW	Cleco Power Llc
47.1 mi	Exxonmobil Garden City Gas Plant Centerville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Exxon Mobil Production Co
49.8 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
49.8 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
50.0 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 43 power plants within 50 miles of Saint James, Louisiana (ZIP 70086), with a combined 11,996 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 32 of the 43 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam at 2.1 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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