Power plants in Mississippi
62 operating power projects with 18,102 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.
Projects
62
Nameplate capacity
18,102 MW
Counties with a plant
37
Operators
41
Power markets: MISO prices
Capacity by fuel
Natural gas · 12,674 MW · 27Solar · 1,724 MW · 26Coal · 1,610 MW · 1Nuclear · 1,440 MW · 1Other fuels · 318 MW · 6Wind · 185 MW · 1Battery storage · 152 MW
MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.
Largest power plants in Mississippi
Top 50 · All 62 plants| Plant | Primary fuel | MW | County | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor J Daniel Jr | Natural gas and coal | 2,229 | Jackson | Mississippi Power Co |
| Grand Gulf | Nuclear | 1,440 | Claiborne | System Energy Resources, Inc |
| Magnolia Power Plant | Natural gas | 1,004 | Benton | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Jack Watson | Natural gas | 919 | Harrison | Mississippi Power Co |
| TVA Southaven Combined Cycle | Natural gas | 904 | Desoto | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Choctaw County | Natural gas | 899 | Choctaw | Entergy Mississippi LLC |
| Batesville Generation Facility | Natural gas | 891 | Panola | Cooperative Energy |
| Quantum Choctaw Power LLC | Natural gas | 851 | Choctaw | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Ratcliffe | Natural gas | 840 | Kemper | Mississippi Power Co |
| Caledonia | Natural gas | 801 | Lowndes | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Mississippi power plants by fuel
Newest plants in Mississippi
Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.
OptimistSolar · 250 MW · Clay County · January 2026Wildwood Solar PlantSolar · 100 MW · Tallahatchie County · December 2025SR West Marshall, LLCSolar · 4.8 MW · Marshall County · December 2025Golden TriangleSolar · 250 MW · Lowndes County · January 2025Ragsdale Solar LLCSolar · 100 MW · Madison County · November 2024MoonshotSolar · 78.5 MW · Hancock County · November 2024
Counties with the most capacity
Largest operators in Mississippi
Mississippi Power Co6 plants · 4,204 MW
Tennessee Valley Authority6 plants · 3,940 MW
Entergy Mississippi LLC4 plants · 2,832 MW
Cooperative Energy6 plants · 2,379 MW
System Energy Resources, Inc1 plant · 1,440 MW
Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.
All 62 plants in Mississippi, by county
Attala County 1 plant
- Attala Natural gas · 551.3 MW
Benton County 1 plant
- Magnolia Power Plant Natural gas · 1,003.5 MW
Carroll County 1 plant
- Delta's Edge Solar Solar · 100 MW
Chickasaw County 2 plants
- SR Houston Solar · 3.1 MW
- Prairie Bluff Landfill gas · 1.6 MW
Choctaw County 3 plants
- Choctaw County Natural gas · 899 MW
- Quantum Choctaw Power LLC Natural gas · 850.5 MW
- Red Hills Generating Facility Coal · 513.7 MW
Claiborne County 1 plant
- Grand Gulf Nuclear · 1,440 MW
Clarke County 1 plant
- Cane Creek Solar · 78.5 MW
Clay County 1 plant
- Optimist Solar · 250 MW
Coahoma County 3 plants
- Crossroads Energy Center Natural gas · 306.4 MW
- Delta Wind Farm (MS) Wind · 184.5 MW
- L L Wilkins Natural gas · 55.2 MW
Desoto County 2 plants
- TVA Southaven Combined Cycle Natural gas · 903.9 MW
- Wildflower Solar, LLC (MS) Solar · 100 MW
Forrest County 1 plant
- Hattiesburg Solar Farm Solar · 50 MW
George County 1 plant
- Benndale Natural gas · 28.4 MW
Hancock County 1 plant
- Moonshot Solar · 78.5 MW
Harrison County 2 plants
- Jack Watson Natural gas · 919.1 MW
- Gulfport Naval Base CSG PV System Solar · 3.5 MW
Hinds County 1 plant
- Hinds Energy Facility Natural gas · 600.4 MW
Jackson County 2 plants
- Victor J Daniel Jr Natural gas · 2,229 MW
- Chevron Oil Natural gas · 170.5 MW
Jefferson Davis County 1 plant
- Silver Creek Natural gas · 250.5 MW
Jones County 1 plant
- Moselle Natural gas · 510.5 MW
Kemper County 2 plants
- Ratcliffe Natural gas · 840 MW
- Kemper County Natural gas · 372 MW
Lamar County 3 plants
- R D Morrow Natural gas · 558 MW
- Sumrall II Solar Farm Solar · 52 MW
- Sumrall I Solar Farm Solar · 52 MW
Lauderdale County 4 plants
- Meridian III Solar · 52.5 MW
- Sweatt Natural gas · 41.9 MW
- Meridian Oil · 9 MW
- Meridian II Solar · 5 MW
Lawrence County 1 plant
- Georgia-Pacific Monticello Paper Wood biomass · 81.5 MW
Leake County 1 plant
- Walnut Grove Demonstration Plant Solar · 3 MW
Lowndes County 4 plants
- Caledonia Natural gas · 801 MW
- Golden Triangle Solar · 250 MW
- Golden Triangle II Solar · 200 MW
- GCF US Holdings LLC Columbus Mill Wood biomass · 124.6 MW
Madison County 1 plant
- Ragsdale Solar LLC Solar · 100 MW
Marshall County 2 plants
- Sr Byhalia, LLC Solar · 4.8 MW
- SR West Marshall, LLC Solar · 4.8 MW
Oktibbeha County 1 plant
- Mississippi State University Natural gas · 26 MW
Panola County 4 plants
- Batesville Generation Facility Natural gas · 891 MW
- SR Panola II, LLC Solar · 4.8 MW
- SR Panola I, LLC Solar · 4.8 MW
- SR Panola III, LLC Solar · 3.5 MW
Perry County 1 plant
- Leaf River Cellulose LLC Wood biomass · 50.4 MW
Rankin County 1 plant
- Lineage MS Solar · 1.2 MW
Scott County 1 plant
- Pearl River Solar Park LLC Solar · 175 MW
Smith County 2 plants
- Sylvarena Natural gas · 141 MW
- Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood Natural gas · 7.2 MW
Sunflower County 2 plants
- Sunflower County Solar · 100 MW
- Harvest Gold Solar Solar · 99 MW
Tallahatchie County 1 plant
- Wildwood Solar Plant Solar · 100 MW
Warren County 3 plants
- International Paper Vicksburg Mill Wood biomass · 50.5 MW
- Ergon Refining Vicksburg Natural gas · 4.8 MW
- ERDC Natural gas · 3.2 MW
Washington County 1 plant
- Gerald Andrus Natural gas · 781.4 MW
Yazoo County 1 plant
- CF Industries Yazoo City Complex Natural gas · 25 MW
Questions about power plants in Mississippi
How many power plants are in Mississippi?
EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 62 operating power projects in Mississippi, with 18,102 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.
What is the largest power plant in Mississippi?
Victor J Daniel Jr in Jackson County, with 2,229 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Grand Gulf, with 1,440 MW.
How much of Mississippi's capacity is solar?
1,724 MW, about 10% of nameplate capacity. 26 projects have solar as their primary fuel.
Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources