Power Plants Near 71322 — Bunkie, LA

24 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71322 (Bunkie, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.8641, -92.1466 · County: Avoyelles

Coal 40%Natural Gas 39%Nuclear 12%Solar 6%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.9 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
17.6 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
23.9 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
30.9 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
34.0 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
34.9 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
36.1 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
36.1 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
36.6 mi	D G Hunter Alexandria, LA	Natural Gas	65 MW	City Of Alexandria - (La)
40.1 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
42.5 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
43.7 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
44.1 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
44.2 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
46.8 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
47.1 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
47.2 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
48.4 mi	Bayou Cove Peaking Power Jennings, LA	Natural Gas	416 MW	Bayou Cove, Llc
48.8 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
48.9 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
48.9 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
49.0 mi	Elizabeth Solar Plant Pitkin, LA	Solar	143 MW	Horus Louisiana 1, Llc
49.8 mi	Brame Energy Center Lena, LA	Coal	1,707 MW	Cleco Power Llc
50.0 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 24 power plants within 50 miles of Bunkie, Louisiana (ZIP 71322), with a combined 8,938 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 24 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coughlin Power Station at 6.9 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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