20th largest plant in Mississippi · 1218th nationally
Silver Creek is a natural gas power plant in Mississippi with a nameplate capacity of 251 MW. It generates roughly 210.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 20,021 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 10% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1381 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Silver Creek |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cooperative Energy |
| City | Prentiss |
| County | Jefferson Davis County |
| State | Mississippi |
| ZIP | 39474 |
| Coordinates | 31.60040, -89.94680 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 83.5 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 83.5 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 83.5 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| CO₂ | 145.2k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 33 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1381 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.