Power Plants Near 70556 — Mermentau, LA

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70556 (Mermentau, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.1861, -92.5722 · County: Acadia

Natural Gas 91%Other Fossil 5%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
9.4 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
17.4 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
18.2 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
19.1 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
19.3 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
31.6 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
31.9 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
33.1 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
33.8 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
33.8 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
34.7 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
37.8 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
42.4 mi	Ppg Riverside Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	162 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
42.4 mi	Ppg Powerhouse A Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	53 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
42.5 mi	Rs Cogen Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
43.2 mi	Lake Charles Power West Lake, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
43.2 mi	Ppg Plant C Caustic Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
43.3 mi	Ppg Powerhouse C Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	358 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
43.4 mi	R S Nelson Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.8 mi	Lake Charles Polymers Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	31 MW	Equistar Chemicals Lp
44.9 mi	Citgo Refinery Powerhouse Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	75 MW	Citgo Petroleum Corp
45.7 mi	Lake Charles Plant Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	36 MW	Rain Cii Carbon Llc
46.2 mi	Calcasieu Sulphur, LA	Natural Gas	359 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
49.1 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
49.8 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Mermentau, Louisiana (ZIP 70556), with a combined 7,236 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 15 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bayou Cove Peaking Power at 6.9 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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