Power Plants Near 71273 — Ruston, LA

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71273 (Ruston, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 32.6065, -92.6484 · County: Lincoln

Natural Gas 97%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.6 mi	Louisiana Tech University Power Plant Ruston, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Louisiana Tech University
16.4 mi	Sr Arcadia Arcadia, LA	Solar	—	Sr Arcadia South, Llc
23.4 mi	Westrock Hodge (La) Hodge, LA	Biomass	66 MW	Westrock (La)
27.9 mi	Monroe (La) Monroe, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
30.2 mi	Plant 31 Paper Mill West Monroe, LA	Biomass	84 MW	Graphic Packaging International
33.8 mi	Sterlington Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	59 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
34.4 mi	Sterlington Solar Sterlington, LA	Solar	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
34.4 mi	Ouachita Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	904 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
37.1 mi	Perryville Power Station Sterlington, LA	Natural Gas	824 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.9 mi	El Dorado Ar El Dorado, AR	Solar	2 MW	Entegrity Solar El Dorado Sd, Llc
44.0 mi	Sr South Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr South Bastrop, Llc
45.8 mi	Sr North Bastrop Bastrop, LA	Solar	—	Sr North Bastrop, Llc
47.8 mi	Union Power Station El Dorado, AR	Natural Gas	2,428 MW	Entergy Arkansas Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Ruston, Louisiana (ZIP 71273), with a combined 4,375 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Louisiana Tech University Power Plant at 5.6 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.

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