Power Plants Near 71261 — Mer Rouge, LA

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71261 (Mer Rouge, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.7718, -91.7716 · County: Morehouse

Natural Gas 75%Solar 21%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.9 mi	Bayou Galion Solar Project Mer Rouge, LA	Solar	98 MW	Bayou Galion Solar Project, Llc
7.5 mi	Sr North Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr North Bastrop, Llc
8.3 mi	Sr South Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr South Bastrop, Llc
13.6 mi	Oak Ridge Solar Oak Ridge, LA	Solar	200 MW	Aes Clean Energy
15.4 mi	Perryville Power Station Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	824 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
17.8 mi	Ouachita Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	904 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.0 mi	Sterlington Solar Sterlington, LA	Solar	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.5 mi	Sterlington Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	59 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
18.5 mi	Franklin Farms 1&2 Rayville, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
24.3 mi	Sr Dunn Dunn, LA	Solar	—	Sr Dunn, Llc
24.6 mi	Crossett Solar Crossett, AR	Solar	100 MW	Cubico Usa, Llc
26.1 mi	Sr Delhi Delhi, LA	Solar	—	Sr Delhi, Llc
26.7 mi	Crossett Sd Crossett, AR	Solar	1 MW	Entegrity Solar Crossett Sd, Llc
28.2 mi	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc Crossett, AR	Natural Gas	25 MW	Georgia-Pacific Crossett Llc
29.3 mi	Monroe (La) Monroe, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
29.5 mi	Plant 31 Paper Mill West Monroe, LA	Biomass	84 MW	Graphic Packaging International
33.9 mi	Prairie Mist Solar Montrose, AR	Solar	109 MW	Prairie Mist Solar Project, Llc
34.2 mi	Ashley-Chicot Solar Hamburg, AR	Solar	1 MW	Today's Power, Inc.
40.1 mi	Fairview Solar (Ar) Hamburg, AR	Solar	—	Urban Grid Solar
42.7 mi	Sr Winnsboro Winnsboro, LA	Solar	—	Sr Winnsboro, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Mer Rouge, Louisiana (ZIP 71261), with a combined 2,406 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bayou Galion Solar Project at 1.9 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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