Power Plants Near 71369 — Simmesport, LA

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 71369 (Simmesport, Louisiana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.9771, -91.8259 · County: Avoyelles

Coal 37%Natural Gas 29%Nuclear 20%Solar 9%Hydroelectric 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.5 mi	Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric Vidalia, LA	Hydroelectric	192 MW	First National Bank-Commerce
27.4 mi	Coughlin Power Station St Landry, LA	Natural Gas	923 MW	Cleco Power Llc
31.2 mi	Overton Hydroelectric Project Alexandria, LA	Hydroelectric	—	Rye Development
32.2 mi	Big Cajun 2 New Roads, LA	Coal	1,903 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
32.2 mi	New Roads New Roads, LA	Oil	9 MW	City Of New Roads - (La)
32.6 mi	Prairie Ronde Solar Farm Opelousas, LA	Solar	135 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
33.0 mi	River Bend St. Francisville, LA	Nuclear	1,036 MW	Entergy Louisiana Llc
33.0 mi	Mondu Solar Llc Livonia, LA	Solar	—	Mondu Solar Llc
33.5 mi	Oxbow Solar 1 New Roads, LA	Solar	300 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
34.9 mi	Big Cajun 1 Jarreau, LA	Natural Gas	493 MW	Louisiana Generating Llc
35.0 mi	St Francisville Mill St. Francisville, LA	Biomass	13 MW	Hood Container Of Louisiana, Llc
41.1 mi	Sr Sunset Sunset, LA	Solar	—	Sr Sunset, Llc
44.4 mi	D G Hunter Alexandria, LA	Natural Gas	65 MW	City Of Alexandria - (La)
46.0 mi	La3 West Baton Rouge Solar Facility West Baton Rouge, LA	Solar	50 MW	Sol Systems

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Simmesport, Louisiana (ZIP 71369), with a combined 5,118 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric at 14.5 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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