Power Plants Near 70457 — Saint Benedict, LA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70457 (Saint Benedict, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5269, -90.1126 · County: St. Tammany

Natural Gas 82%Nuclear 14%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.3 mi	Iris Solar Llc Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Iris Solar Llc
18.7 mi	Sunlight Road Solar Franklinton, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sunlight Road Solar, Llc
21.9 mi	Washington Parish Energy Center Bogalusa, LA	Natural Gas	400 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
23.2 mi	Gaylord Container Bogalusa Bogalusa, LA	Biomass	100 MW	Temple-Inland Corp
31.5 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
35.7 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
36.0 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
36.8 mi	Moonshot Picayune, MS	Solar	79 MW	Moonshot Solar, Llc
37.0 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
37.2 mi	New Orleans Solar Station New Orleans, LA	Solar	20 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
37.3 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
37.3 mi	Michoud New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
37.3 mi	New Orleans Power New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	132 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
37.8 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
40.1 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
40.6 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
41.3 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.6 mi	Chalmette Refining Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	6 MW	Chalmette Refining Llc
41.6 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.8 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
42.2 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
42.5 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
42.5 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
42.6 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
46.6 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
47.4 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
48.7 mi	Toca Plant St. Bernard, LA	Natural Gas	—	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
49.8 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Saint Benedict, Louisiana (ZIP 70457), with a combined 8,808 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Iris Solar Llc at 18.3 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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