Power Plants Near 71362 — Plaucheville, LA

19 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71362 (Plaucheville, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.9365, -91.9847 · County: Avoyelles

Natural Gas 45%Coal 29%Nuclear 16%Solar 7%Hydroelectric 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
17.6 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
24.1 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
25.1 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
25.1 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
36.0 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
36.0 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
38.7 mi	D G Hunter Alexandria, LA	Natural Gas	65 MW	City Of Alexandria - (La)
39.3 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
39.4 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
39.8 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
40.6 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
41.5 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
42.2 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
43.4 mi	Acadia Energy Center Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	1,389 MW	Cleco Power Llc
45.2 mi	Mowata Solar Tbd, LA	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
46.2 mi	Eunice La Plant Eunice, LA	Natural Gas	5 MW	Enlink Processing Services, Llc
47.2 mi	T J Labbe Electric Generating Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	101 MW	Lafayette Utilities System
48.4 mi	Louis Doc Bonin Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System
48.4 mi	Rodemacher Lafayette, LA	Natural Gas	—	Lafayette Utilities System

Power generation near this area

There are 19 power plants within 50 miles of Plaucheville, Louisiana (ZIP 71362), with a combined 6,563 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 19 nearby plants. The closest plant is Coughlin Power Station at 17.6 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.

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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