List of power stations in Mississippi

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Mississippi, sorted by type and name. In 2018, Mississippi had a total summer capacity of 14,733 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 63,474 GWh.[2] Mississippi's electrical energy generation mix in May 2020 was 7% coal, 90% natural gas and 3% renewables.[1]

Sources of Mississippi electricity generation: May 2020 [1]

  Coal (7%)
  Natural Gas (90%)
  Renewables (3%)

Coal

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OperatorYear opened
Victor J. Daniel Electric Generating PlantEscatawpa1,004Mississippi Power, Gulf Power1977
Red Hills Generation FacilityAckerman440SE Choctaw, LLC2001

Natural gas

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OperatorYear opened
Ackerman Combined Cycle PlantAckerman710Tennessee Valley Authority2007
Gerald Andrus Power PlantGreenville736Entergy1975
Attala Generating StationSallis455.3Entergy2001
CF Industries Yazoo City ComplexYazoo City20CF Industries
Batesville Generation FacilityBatesville858Cooperative Energy2000
Caledonia Combined Cycle PlantSteens765Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Chevron Cogenerating PlantPascagoula132Mississippi Power1968
Choctaw County Generating StationFrench Camp781Entergy2003
Plant DanielEscatawpa1,081Mississippi Power2001
Hinds Energy FacilityJackson491Entergy2001
Kemper Combustion Turbine PlantDe Kalb293.2Tennessee Valley Authority2002
Magnolia Combined Cycle PlantAshland918Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Plant RatcliffeDe Kalb675.4Mississippi Power2014
Moselle Generating StationMoselle477Cooperative Energy1970
Silver Creek Generating PlantPrentiss225Cooperative Energy2003
Southaven Combined Cycle PlantSouthaven780Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Plant SweattMeridian32Mississippi Power1951
Sylvarena Generating PlantRaleigh129Cooperative Energy2003
Plant Jack WatsonGulfport749Mississippi Power2015
LL Wilkins Power PlantClarksdale49.5Clarksdale Public Utilities1961
Baxter Wilson Power PlantVicksburg529.8Entergy1967
YazooYazoo City33.3Public Service Commission of Yazoo City1954

Nuclear

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OperatorYear opened
Grand Gulf Nuclear StationPort Gibson1,401Entergy1985

See also

References

  1. "Mississippi - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  2. Mississippi Electricity Profile, U.S. Energy Information Administration, September 6, 2020
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