Power Plants Near 70791 — Zachary, LA

30 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70791 (Zachary, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.6561, -91.1358 · County: East Baton Rouge Parish

Natural Gas 46%Coal 26%Nuclear 14%Other Fossil 7%Solar 5%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.3 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
11.7 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
11.7 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
11.8 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
11.9 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
13.1 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
13.2 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
13.6 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
14.6 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
14.7 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
15.2 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
17.2 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
17.6 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
23.8 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
24.0 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
24.0 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
26.4 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
27.4 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
27.4 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
27.6 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
27.9 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
29.8 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
30.0 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
32.1 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
32.5 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
33.6 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
36.7 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
46.4 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
49.8 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 30 power plants within 50 miles of Zachary, Louisiana (ZIP 70791), with a combined 7,442 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 18 of the 30 nearby plants. The closest plant is Formosa Plastics at 11.3 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.

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