36th largest plant in Louisiana · 1733rd nationally
Mansfield Mill is a natural gas power plant in Louisiana with a nameplate capacity of 172 MW. It generates roughly 877.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 83,568 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 58% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 430 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (172 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Mansfield Mill |
|---|---|
| Operator | Ipc-Mansfield Mill |
| City | Mansfield |
| County | Desoto County |
| State | Louisiana |
| ZIP | 71052 |
| Coordinates | 32.15750, -93.55620 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 62.0 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | Black Liquor | 40.0 MW | Operating | 1981 |
| GEN2 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | Black Liquor | 40.0 MW | Operating | 1981 |
| GEN3 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | Black Liquor | 30.0 MW | Operating | 1981 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 25.0 MW | Retired | 1995 |
| CO₂ | 188.7k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 406 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 528 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 430 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 | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.