Power Plants Near 70715 — Batchelor, LA

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70715 (Batchelor, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.8298, -91.6944 · County: Pointe Coupee

Natural Gas 48%Coal 24%Nuclear 13%Solar 6%Other Fossil 6%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
18.4 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
20.6 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
20.6 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
20.6 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
21.2 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
22.0 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
22.8 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
23.5 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
32.1 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
33.2 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
33.6 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
36.2 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
37.7 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
37.8 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
38.2 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.2 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
38.2 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
42.1 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
43.2 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
44.5 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
44.7 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
44.8 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
44.8 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
45.1 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
45.9 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
46.4 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
49.0 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
49.8 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Batchelor, Louisiana (ZIP 70715), with a combined 7,852 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 16 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric at 18.4 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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