Power Plants Near 71353 — Melville, LA

34 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71353 (Melville, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.6626, -91.7565 · County: St. Landry

Natural Gas 56%Coal 21%Nuclear 11%Solar 5%Other Fossil 5%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
13.2 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
21.7 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
23.4 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
23.5 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
23.8 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
24.8 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
25.2 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
25.9 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
26.0 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
28.7 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
30.5 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
32.5 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
32.9 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
33.1 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
34.0 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
34.9 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
35.7 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
35.9 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.9 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
35.9 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
36.9 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
38.4 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
39.0 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
39.2 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
39.2 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
40.1 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
42.3 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
42.6 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
42.9 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
44.0 mi	Westlake Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	306 MW	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls Llc
45.2 mi	Magnolia Power Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Magnolia Power Holdings Llc
46.6 mi	Willow Glen St. Gabriel, LA	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Louisiana Llc
48.2 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
48.2 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 34 power plants within 50 miles of Melville, Louisiana (ZIP 71353), with a combined 9,254 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 20 of the 34 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mondu Solar Llc at 13.2 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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