Power Plants Near 70571 — Opelousas, LA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70571 (Opelousas, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5335, -92.0815 · County: St. Landry

Natural Gas 48%Coal 27%Nuclear 15%Solar 7%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.5 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
7.7 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
19.3 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
20.5 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
21.0 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
21.0 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
21.6 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
23.6 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
24.0 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
25.7 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
27.3 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
29.9 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
35.4 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
41.6 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
42.1 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
44.2 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
44.4 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
44.4 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
44.9 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
46.7 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
46.8 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
47.1 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.1 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
48.4 mi	Enterprise Sugar Factory Jeanerette, LA	Biomass	3 MW	M.a. Patout & Son Limited, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Opelousas, Louisiana (ZIP 70571), with a combined 7,076 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Ronde Solar Farm at 7.5 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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