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Sources of Mississippi utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023[1]

  Natural Gas (75.9%)
  Nuclear (16%)
  Coal (5.5%)
  Biomass (1.8%)
  Solar (0.9%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Mississippi, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Mississippi had a total summer capacity of 14,724 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 67,781 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 75.9% natural gas, 16% nuclear, 5.5% coal, 1.8% biomass, and 0.9% solar.[1]

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Nuclear power plants

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Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Operator Year
opened
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson 32°00′29″N 91°02′52″W / 32.0081°N 91.0478°W / 32.0081; -91.0478 (Grand Gulf) 1,401 Entergy 1985

Fossil-fuel power plants

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Coal

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Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Operator Year
opened
Victor J. Daniel Electric Generating Plant Escatawpa 30°31′56″N 88°33′19″W / 30.5322°N 88.5553°W / 30.5322; -88.5553 (Plant Daniel) 1,004 Mississippi Power, Gulf Power 1977
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman 33°22′34″N 89°13′06″W / 33.3761°N 89.2183°W / 33.3761; -89.2183 (Red Hills Facility) 440 SE Choctaw, LLC 2001

Natural gas

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Name Location Capacity
(MW)		 Operator Year
opened
Ackerman Combined Cycle Plant Ackerman 710 Tennessee Valley Authority 2007
Gerald Andrus Power Plant Greenville 736 Entergy 1975
Attala Generating Station Sallis 455.3 Entergy 2001
CF Industries Yazoo City Complex Yazoo City 20 CF Industries 1984
Batesville Generation Facility Batesville 858 Cooperative Energy 2000
Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant Steens 765 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003
Chevron Cogenerating Plant Pascagoula 132 Mississippi Power 1968
Choctaw County Generating Station French Camp 781 Entergy 2003
Plant Daniel Escatawpa 1,081 Mississippi Power 2001
Hinds Energy Facility Jackson 491 Entergy 2001
Kemper Combustion Turbine Plant De Kalb 293.2 Tennessee Valley Authority 2002
Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant Ashland 918 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003
Plant Ratcliffe De Kalb 675.4 Mississippi Power 2014
Moselle Generating Station Moselle 477 Cooperative Energy 1970
Silver Creek Generating Plant Prentiss 225 Cooperative Energy 2003
Southaven Combined Cycle Plant Southaven 780 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003
Plant Sweatt Meridian 32 Mississippi Power 1951
Sylvarena Generating Plant Raleigh 129 Cooperative Energy 2003
Plant Jack Watson Gulfport 749 Mississippi Power 2015
LL Wilkins Power Plant Clarksdale 49.5 Clarksdale Public Utilities 1961
Yazoo Yazoo City 33.3 Public Service Commission of Yazoo City 1954

Renewable power plants

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

Biomass and municipal waste

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Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Fuel
type		 Operator Year
opened
Columbus MS Lowndes County 33°21′37″N 88°27′36″W / 33.3602°N 88.4600°W / 33.3602; -88.4600 (Columbus MS) 128.6 wood/wood waste International Paper 1982/1987/
1990
Georgia-Pacific Monticello Paper Lawrence County 31°37′43″N 90°04′51″W / 31.6285°N 90.0809°W / 31.6285; -90.0809 (GP Monticello Paper) 81.5 wood/wood waste Georgia-Pacific 1968
Intl. Paper Vicksburg Mill Warren County 32°31′45″N 90°46′27″W / 32.5292°N 90.7742°W / 32.5292; -90.7742 (IP Vicksburg Mill) 38.5 wood/wood waste International Paper 1967
Leaf River Cellulose Perry County 31°14′36″N 89°02′44″W / 31.2434°N 89.0456°W / 31.2434; -89.0456 (Leaf River Cellulose) 52.2 wood/wood waste Leaf River LLC. 1984
Prairie Bluff Chickasaw County 33°57′16″N 88°59′33″W / 33.9544°N 88.9925°W / 33.9544; -88.9925 (Prairie Bluff) 1.6 landfill gas Waste Management 2012

Solar

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See also: Solar power in Mississippi
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year
opened
Hattiesburg Solar Farm Forrest County 31°16′33″N 89°18′04″W / 31.2758°N 89.3012°W / 31.2758; -89.3012 (Hattiesburg) 50.0 2017
Meridian Solar Farm (I&II) Lauderdale County 32°33′12″N 88°34′49″W / 32.5533°N 88.5804°W / 32.5533; -88.5804 (Meridian) 57.5 2019
Sumrall Solar Farm (I&II) Lamar County 31°24′13″N 89°29′51″W / 31.4035°N 89.4976°W / 31.4035; -89.4976 (Sumrall) 104.0 2017

Wind

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Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year
opened
Delta Wind[4] Tunica County 184 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Mississippi, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ^ "Mississippi Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ^ Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Mississippi just got its first utility-scale wind farm". Canary Media. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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