Power Plants Near 70577 — Port Barre, LA

36 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70577 (Port Barre, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.5478, -91.9286 · County: St. Landry

Natural Gas 58%Coal 20%Nuclear 11%Solar 5%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
12.3 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
15.0 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
20.8 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
21.3 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
22.1 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
22.5 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
26.4 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
28.4 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
29.8 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
30.0 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
30.3 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
33.0 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
35.2 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
35.5 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
35.5 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
36.0 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
36.4 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
37.7 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
38.3 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.6 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
43.0 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
44.0 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
44.2 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
44.3 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
44.3 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
44.3 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
44.3 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.3 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
44.4 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
44.4 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
45.5 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
46.1 mi	Enterprise Sugar Factory Jeanerette, LA	Biomass	3 MW	M.a. Patout & Son Limited, Llc
48.4 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
48.6 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
49.1 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
49.9 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 36 power plants within 50 miles of Port Barre, Louisiana (ZIP 70577), with a combined 9,673 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 36 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sr Sunset at 12.3 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.

← Search a different location · Printable proximity report →