Power Plants Near 70090 — Vacherie, LA

48 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70090 (Vacherie, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.9694, -90.7097 · County: St. James

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 10%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.2 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
1.5 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
5.8 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
6.3 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
8.6 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
13.2 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
14.1 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
14.4 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
15.0 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
15.0 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
15.2 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.1 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
22.3 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
23.6 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
23.6 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
26.9 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
27.3 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
27.8 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
32.2 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
33.5 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
33.8 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
34.5 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
34.7 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
34.8 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
38.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
39.5 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
39.5 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
39.7 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
40.8 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
40.8 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
41.1 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
41.1 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
41.5 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
42.4 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
42.5 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
43.4 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
43.9 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
44.3 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
45.9 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
46.0 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
46.0 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
46.1 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
46.3 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.3 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.4 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
46.9 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
47.4 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
49.7 mi	St. Mary Clean Energy Center Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	51 MW	Cleco Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 48 power plants within 50 miles of Vacherie, Louisiana (ZIP 70090), with a combined 11,798 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 48 nearby plants. The closest plant is Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc at 1.2 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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