Power Plants Near 71327 — Cottonport, LA

17 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71327 (Cottonport, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.9862, -92.0581 · County: Avoyelles

Coal 44%Natural Gas 35%Nuclear 13%Solar 5%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.5 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
19.6 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
26.8 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
26.9 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
33.2 mi	D G Hunter Alexandria, LA	Natural Gas	65 MW	City Of Alexandria - (La)
39.0 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
41.5 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
43.9 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
44.6 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
44.7 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
45.2 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
45.8 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
45.9 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
45.9 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
46.9 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
47.5 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
48.1 mi	Brame Energy Center Lena, LA	Coal	1,707 MW	Cleco Power Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 17 power plants within 50 miles of Cottonport, Louisiana (ZIP 71327), with a combined 8,170 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 17 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coughlin Power Station at 15.5 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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