This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Mississippi, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Mississippi had a total summer capacity of 16.0 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 77,337 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 73.9% natural gas, 14.7% nuclear, 5.4% coal, 3.7% solar, 1.7% biomass, and 0.6% wind.
Nuclear power plants Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Operator Yearopened Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson 1,401 Entergy 1985
Fossil-fuel power plants
Coal Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Operator Yearopened Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman 440 SE Choctaw, LLC 2001 Victor J. Daniel Electric Generating Plant Escatawpa 1,004 Mississippi Power, Gulf Power 1977
Natural gas Name Location Capacity(MW) Operator Yearopened Ackerman Combined Cycle Plant Ackerman 710 Tennessee Valley Authority 2007 Attala Generating Station Sallis 455.3 Entergy 2001 Batesville Generation Facility Batesville 858 Cooperative Energy 2000 Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant Steens 765 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003 CF Industries Yazoo City Complex Yazoo City 20 CF Industries 1984 Chevron Cogenerating Plant Pascagoula 132 Mississippi Power 1968 Choctaw County Generating Station French Camp 781 Entergy 2003 Gerald Andrus Power Plant Greenville 736 Entergy 1975 Hinds Energy Facility Jackson 491 Entergy 2001 Kemper Combustion Turbine Plant De Kalb 293.2 Tennessee Valley Authority 2002 LL Wilkins Power Plant Clarksdale 49.5 Clarksdale Public Utilities 1961 Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant Ashland 918 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003 Moselle Generating Station Moselle 477 Cooperative Energy 1970 Plant Daniel Escatawpa 1,081 Mississippi Power 2001 Plant Jack Watson Gulfport 749 Mississippi Power 2015 Plant Ratcliffe De Kalb 675.4 Mississippi Power 2014 Plant Sweatt Meridian 32 Mississippi Power 1951 Silver Creek Generating Plant Prentiss 225 Cooperative Energy 2003 Southaven Combined Cycle Plant Southaven 780 Tennessee Valley Authority 2003 Sylvarena Generating Plant Raleigh 129 Cooperative Energy 2003 Yazoo Yazoo City 33.3 Public Service Commission of Yazoo City 1954
Renewable power plants Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Biomass and municipal waste Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Fueltype Operator Yearopened Columbus MS Lowndes County 128.6 Wood/wood waste International Paper 1982/1987/1990 Georgia-Pacific Monticello Paper Lawrence County 81.5 Wood/wood waste Georgia-Pacific 1968 Intl. Paper Vicksburg Mill Warren County 38.5 Wood/wood waste International Paper 1967 Leaf River Cellulose Perry County 52.2 Wood/wood waste Leaf River LLC. 1984 Prairie Bluff Chickasaw County 1.6 Landfill gas Waste Management 2012
Solar
Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Yearopened Hattiesburg Solar Farm Forrest County 50.0 2017 Meridian Solar Farm (I&II) Lauderdale County 57.5 2019 Sumrall Solar Farm (I&II) Lamar County 104.0 2017
Wind Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Yearopened Delta Wind Tunica County 184 2024
See also
List of power stations in the United States List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
References