Power Plants Near 70344 — Chauvin, LA

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70344 (Chauvin, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 29.4634, -90.5980 · County: Terrebonne

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
26.5 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.6 mi	Bayou Power Station Golden Meadow, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
36.2 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
36.4 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
37.2 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
37.3 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
37.5 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.7 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.3 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.7 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.8 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
39.1 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
40.4 mi	Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station Grand Isle, LA	Natural Gas	9 MW	Cox Operating Llc
40.8 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
41.0 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
42.1 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
42.8 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc
43.1 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
48.9 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
49.3 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
49.6 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
50.0 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Chauvin, Louisiana (ZIP 70344), with a combined 8,183 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Houma at 11.0 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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