Power Plants Near 70591 — Welsh, LA

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70591 (Welsh, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.2363, -92.8190 · County: Jefferson Davis

Natural Gas 90%Other Fossil 5%Solar 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.5 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
18.5 mi	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd Lake Charles, LA	Biomass	12 MW	Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd
22.0 mi	Luicain Solar Gueydan, LA	Solar	—	Ric Development, Llc
23.1 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
27.0 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
27.6 mi	Ppg Riverside Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	162 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
27.6 mi	Ppg Powerhouse A Lake Charles, LA	Other Fossil	53 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
27.6 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
27.7 mi	Rs Cogen Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
28.1 mi	Lake Charles Power West Lake, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.4 mi	Ppg Plant C Caustic Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	3 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
28.4 mi	R S Nelson Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.4 mi	Ppg Powerhouse C Lake Charles, LA	Natural Gas	358 MW	Westlake 2 Us Llc
30.2 mi	Lake Charles Polymers Westlake, LA	Natural Gas	31 MW	Equistar Chemicals Lp
30.3 mi	Citgo Refinery Powerhouse Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	75 MW	Citgo Petroleum Corp
31.4 mi	Lake Charles Plant Sulphur, LA	Other Fossil	36 MW	Rain Cii Carbon Llc
31.8 mi	Calcasieu Sulphur, LA	Natural Gas	359 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
32.6 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
41.3 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
46.1 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
46.2 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
46.3 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
46.5 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
48.4 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
49.6 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Welsh, Louisiana (ZIP 70591), with a combined 6,313 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bayou Cove Peaking Power at 13.5 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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