48th largest plant in Mississippi · 6421st nationally
Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood is a natural gas power plant in Mississippi with a nameplate capacity of 7.2 MW. It generates roughly 52.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 5,006 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 83% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 1265 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood |
|---|---|
| Operator | Georgia-Pacific Wood Products Llc |
| City | Taylorsville |
| County | Smith County |
| State | Mississippi |
| ZIP | 39168 |
| Coordinates | 31.83717, -89.46350 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 7.2 MW | Operating | 2018 |
| CO₂ | 33.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 91 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1265 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.