Power Plants Near 70817 — Baton Rouge, LA

41 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 70817 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.3904, -91.0021 · County: East Baton Rouge Parish

Natural Gas 61%Nuclear 17%Coal 15%Other Fossil 4%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.5 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
10.8 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
11.7 mi	Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer Lp Geismar, LA	Other Fossil	14 MW	Pcs Nitrogen Lp
11.7 mi	Carville Energy Llc St Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	555 MW	Carville Energy Llc
12.5 mi	Geismar Cogen Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
13.0 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
13.0 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
13.0 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
13.2 mi	Geismar Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	84 MW	Basf Corporation
13.3 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
13.6 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
13.8 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
14.1 mi	Shell Chemical Geismar, LA	Natural Gas	80 MW	Shell Chemical Lp - Geismar
14.2 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
14.6 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
14.6 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
14.7 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
17.2 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
20.3 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
26.4 mi	Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam Uncle Sam, LA	Other Fossil	26 MW	Mosaic Phosphates Co.
28.7 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
29.3 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
30.1 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
30.3 mi	Louisiana Sugar Refining Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	7 MW	Louisiana Sugar Refining Llc
30.6 mi	Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations Gramercy, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Atalco Gramercy Llc
31.8 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
31.9 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
32.1 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
32.9 mi	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc Jefferson, LA	Solar	—	Vacherie Solar Energy Center, Llc
33.0 mi	St. James Solar (La) Vacherie, LA	Solar	20 MW	St. James Solar, Llc
36.1 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
39.4 mi	Amite Solar, Llc Roseland, LA	Solar	—	Amite Solar, Llc
41.4 mi	Waterford 1 & 2 Killona, LA	Natural Gas	932 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.7 mi	St. Charles Power Station (La) La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,000 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.8 mi	Waterford 3 Killona, LA	Nuclear	1,200 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.8 mi	Little Gypsy La Place, LA	Natural Gas	1,003 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
42.4 mi	Thibodaux Thibodaux, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
42.6 mi	Taft Cogeneration Facility Hahnville, LA	Natural Gas	894 MW	Occidental Chemical Corporation
43.6 mi	Dow St Charles Operations Taft, LA	Natural Gas	324 MW	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
49.6 mi	Morgan City Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
49.6 mi	Lepa Unit No. 1 Morgan City, LA	Natural Gas	74 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 41 power plants within 50 miles of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (ZIP 70817), with a combined 12,782 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 27 of the 41 nearby plants. The closest plant is Willow Glen at 10.5 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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