Power Plants Near 70524 — Chataignier, LA

16 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70524 (Chataignier, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5709, -92.3202 · County: Evangeline

Natural Gas 91%Solar 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.3 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
11.3 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
13.4 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
14.7 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
17.9 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
19.2 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
23.4 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
26.0 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
27.3 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
28.2 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
29.7 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
33.9 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
37.1 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
42.4 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
42.5 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
44.1 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 16 power plants within 50 miles of Chataignier, Louisiana (ZIP 70524), with a combined 3,220 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 16 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Ronde Solar Farm at 9.3 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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