Power Plants Near 71358 — Palmetto, LA

31 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71358 (Palmetto, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.7065, -91.9114 · County: St. Landry

Natural Gas 54%Coal 21%Nuclear 12%Solar 5%Other Fossil 5%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.8 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
22.0 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
22.6 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
22.8 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
31.0 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
31.6 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
32.1 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
32.2 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
32.3 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
33.0 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
33.1 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
33.3 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
34.5 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
34.9 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
35.5 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
36.5 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
37.4 mi	Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
38.3 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems
39.0 mi	Rayne Rayne, LA	Oil	8 MW	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority
40.1 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
40.6 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
44.6 mi	Port Allen (La) Port Allen, LA	Natural Gas	8 MW	Placid Refining Co Llc
45.4 mi	Formosa Plastics Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Formosa Plastics Corp
45.6 mi	Louisiana 1 Baton Rouge, LA	Other Fossil	451 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
45.6 mi	Louisiana 2 Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	175 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
45.6 mi	Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	85 MW	Exxon Mobil Corp
48.0 mi	Lsu Cogen Baton Rouge, LA	Natural Gas	20 MW	Lsu And A&m College
48.3 mi	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	987 MW	Dow Chemical Co
48.5 mi	Plaquemine Operations Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Dow Chemical Co
48.5 mi	Lao Energy Systems Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	465 MW	Dow Chemical Co
49.1 mi	Plaquemine Plaquemine, LA	Natural Gas	—	Louisiana Energy & Power Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 31 power plants within 50 miles of Palmetto, Louisiana (ZIP 71358), with a combined 8,948 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 31 nearby plants. The closest plant is Prairie Ronde Solar Farm at 16.8 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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