Power Plants Near 70784 — Wakefield, LA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70784 (Wakefield, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.9175, -91.3581 · County: West Feliciana

Natural Gas 40%Coal 29%Nuclear 16%Other Fossil 7%Solar 5%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.2 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
13.2 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
13.2 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
14.4 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
16.8 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
17.4 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
19.4 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
28.6 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
30.6 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
31.1 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.1 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
31.3 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
31.3 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
31.7 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
36.6 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
41.8 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
42.0 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
42.0 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
44.9 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
46.7 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
46.7 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
47.1 mi	Natchez Natchez, MS	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Mississippi Llc
47.4 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
49.3 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Wakefield, Louisiana (ZIP 70784), with a combined 6,592 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 14 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is River Bend at 11.2 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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