List of power stations in Mississippi

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Sources of Mississippi utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024: [1]
  1. Natural gas: 57,193 (76.9%)
  2. Nuclear: 10,690 (14.4%)
  3. Coal: 3,334 (4.48%)
  4. Solar: 1,553 (2.09%)
  5. Biomass: 1,249 (1.68%)
  6. Wind: 347 (0.47%)

Nuclear power plants

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson 32°00′29″N91°02′52″W / 32.0081°N 91.0478°W / 32.0081; -91.0478 (Grand Gulf) 1,401Entergy1985

Fossil-fuel power plants

Coal

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman 33°22′34″N89°13′06″W / 33.3761°N 89.2183°W / 33.3761; -89.2183 (Red Hills Facility) 440SE Choctaw, LLC2001
Victor J. Daniel Electric Generating Plant Escatawpa 30°31′56″N88°33′19″W / 30.5322°N 88.5553°W / 30.5322; -88.5553 (Plant Daniel) 1,004 Mississippi Power, Gulf Power 1977

Natural gas

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)
OperatorYear
opened
Ackerman Combined Cycle Plant Ackerman 710 Tennessee Valley Authority 2007
Attala Generating Station Sallis 455.3Entergy2001
Batesville Generation Facility Batesville 858Cooperative Energy2000
Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant Steens 765Tennessee Valley Authority2003
CF Industries Yazoo City Complex Yazoo City 20CF Industries1984
Chevron Cogenerating Plant Pascagoula 132Mississippi Power1968
Choctaw County Generating Station French Camp 781Entergy2003
Gerald Andrus Power Plant Greenville 736 Entergy 1975
Hinds Energy Facility Jackson 491Entergy2001
Kemper Combustion Turbine Plant De Kalb 293.2Tennessee Valley Authority2002
LL Wilkins Power Plant Clarksdale 49.5Clarksdale Public Utilities1961
Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant Ashland 918Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Moselle Generating Station Moselle 477Cooperative Energy1970
Plant Daniel Escatawpa1,081Mississippi Power2001
Plant Jack Watson Gulfport 749Mississippi Power2015
Plant Ratcliffe De Kalb675.4Mississippi Power2014
Plant Sweatt Meridian 32Mississippi Power1951
Silver Creek Generating Plant Prentiss 225Cooperative Energy2003
Southaven Combined Cycle Plant Southaven 780Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Sylvarena Generating Plant Raleigh 129Cooperative Energy2003
YazooYazoo City33.3Public Service Commission of Yazoo City1954

Renewable power plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [3]

Biomass and municipal waste

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Fuel
type
OperatorYear
opened
Columbus MS Lowndes County 33°21′37″N88°27′36″W / 33.3602°N 88.4600°W / 33.3602; -88.4600 (Columbus MS) 128.6Wood/wood waste International Paper 1982/1987/
1990
Georgia-Pacific Monticello Paper Lawrence County 31°37′43″N90°04′51″W / 31.6285°N 90.0809°W / 31.6285; -90.0809 (GP Monticello Paper) 81.5Wood/wood waste Georgia-Pacific 1968
Intl. Paper Vicksburg Mill Warren County 32°31′45″N90°46′27″W / 32.5292°N 90.7742°W / 32.5292; -90.7742 (IP Vicksburg Mill) 38.5Wood/wood wasteInternational Paper1967
Leaf River Cellulose Perry County 31°14′36″N89°02′44″W / 31.2434°N 89.0456°W / 31.2434; -89.0456 (Leaf River Cellulose) 52.2Wood/wood wasteLeaf River LLC.1984
Prairie Bluff Chickasaw County 33°57′16″N88°59′33″W / 33.9544°N 88.9925°W / 33.9544; -88.9925 (Prairie Bluff) 1.6 Landfill gas Waste Management2012

Solar

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Year
opened
Hattiesburg Solar Farm Forrest County 31°16′33″N89°18′04″W / 31.2758°N 89.3012°W / 31.2758; -89.3012 (Hattiesburg) 50.02017
Meridian Solar Farm (I&II) Lauderdale County 32°33′12″N88°34′49″W / 32.5533°N 88.5804°W / 32.5533; -88.5804 (Meridian) 57.52019
Sumrall Solar Farm (I&II) Lamar County 31°24′13″N89°29′51″W / 31.4035°N 89.4976°W / 31.4035; -89.4976 (Sumrall) 104.02017

Wind

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Year
opened
Delta Wind [4] Tunica County 1842024

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Mississippi, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–24". www.eia.gov. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. "Mississippi Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  3. Energy Information Administration (September 15, 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020.
  4. "Mississippi just got its first utility-scale wind farm". Canary Media. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.