13th largest plant in Mississippi · 669th nationally
R D Morrow is a natural gas power plant in Mississippi with a nameplate capacity of 558 MW. It generates roughly 2.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 272,337 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 58% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 778 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 (558 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 | R D Morrow |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cooperative Energy |
| City | Purvis |
| County | Lamar County |
| State | Mississippi |
| ZIP | 39475 |
| Coordinates | 31.21860, -89.39400 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOR2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 402 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 200 MW | Retired | 1978 |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 200 MW | Retired | 1978 |
| MOR1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 156 MW | Operating | 2023 |
| CO₂ | 1.1M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 6 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 172 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 778 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.