Power Plants Near 70792 — Uncle Sam, LA

47 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70792 (Uncle Sam, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.0279, -90.8028 · County: St. James

Natural Gas 85%Nuclear 10%Other Fossil 5%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
5.6 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
5.7 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
7.3 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
8.2 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
15.5 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
15.8 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
16.7 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
16.9 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
19.6 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
19.9 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.4 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
20.5 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.5 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
20.7 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
21.0 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
21.8 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
25.3 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
26.6 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
27.8 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
31.3 mi	Houma Houma, LA	Natural Gas	79 MW	Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't
32.0 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
32.6 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
32.6 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
32.8 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
32.8 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
33.0 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
34.8 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
39.3 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
39.4 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.4 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.5 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
39.7 mi	Nine Mile Point Westwego, LA	Natural Gas	2,440 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
39.8 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
43.4 mi	Neptune Gas Processing Plant Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	5 MW	Enterprise Products Optg Lp
43.7 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
46.4 mi	Tci Alvar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.4 mi	Tci France New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.5 mi	A B Paterson New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
46.5 mi	Teche Baldwin, LA	Natural Gas	391 MW	Cleco Power Llc
46.5 mi	Franklin (La) Franklin, LA	Natural Gas	—	Cleco Power Llc
46.5 mi	St. Mary Clean Energy Center Centerville, LA	Other Fossil	51 MW	Cleco Power Llc
46.6 mi	Eno Paterson Solar New Orleans, LA	Solar	2 MW	Entergy New Orleans, Llc
48.1 mi	New Orleans New Orleans, LA	Natural Gas	—	Air Products & Chemicals Inc
48.3 mi	Domino Sugar Arabi Plant Arabi, LA	Natural Gas	14 MW	American Sugar Refining Inc.
49.8 mi	Cii Carbon Llc Chalmette, LA	Other Fossil	46 MW	Cii Carbon Llc
49.9 mi	Oak Point Cogen Belle Chasse, LA	Natural Gas	24 MW	Chevron Oronite Co Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 47 power plants within 50 miles of Uncle Sam, Louisiana (ZIP 70792), with a combined 12,081 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 34 of the 47 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam at 1.7 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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