Power Plants Near 70454 — Ponchatoula, LA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70454 (Ponchatoula, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.4406, -90.4422 · County: Tangipahoa

Natural Gas 84%Nuclear 10%Other Fossil 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
25.3 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
27.1 mi	Sunlight Road Solar Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sunlight Road Solar, Llc
27.8 mi	Iris Solar Llc Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Iris Solar Llc
29.8 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
30.0 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
30.1 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
30.6 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
30.6 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
30.8 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.2 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
31.4 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
36.1 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
36.2 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
36.5 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
36.7 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
36.7 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
37.2 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
38.4 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.5 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
38.8 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
39.4 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
39.6 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
39.9 mi	Washington Parish Energy Center Bogalusa, LA	Natural Gas	400 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.9 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
40.0 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
40.3 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
41.8 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
42.0 mi	Gaylord Container Bogalusa Bogalusa, LA	Biomass	100 MW	Temple-Inland Corp
42.4 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
42.4 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
42.9 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
43.1 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
44.1 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
44.5 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.5 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.5 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
44.6 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
44.7 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
45.0 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
45.9 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
46.0 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
47.9 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
47.9 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
47.9 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
49.5 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Ponchatoula, Louisiana (ZIP 70454), with a combined 12,165 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 31 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Amite Solar, Llc at 25.3 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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