How many natural gas power plants are in Mississippi?

Mississippi has 28 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 13 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Mississippi?

Victor J Daniel Jr in Jackson County, Mississippi is the largest, at 1,132 MW. It came online in 2001.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Mississippi in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Mississippi in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Mississippi?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Mississippi

Mississippi has 28 operating natural gas power plants with 13 GW of capacity.

Operating28

See planned natural gas power plants in Mississippi

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Mississippi had 23 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 28 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Mississippi

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Victor J Daniel Jr	Jackson County	2001	1,132 MW
2	Magnolia Power Plant	Benton County	2003	1,004 MW
3	Jack Watson	Harrison County	1973	919 MW
4	TVA Southaven Combined Cycle	Desoto County	2003	904 MW
5	Choctaw County	Choctaw County	2003	899 MW
6	Batesville Generation Facility	Panola County	2000	891 MW
7	Quantum Choctaw Power LLC	Choctaw County	2006	851 MW
8	Ratcliffe	Kemper County	2014	840 MW
9	Caledonia	Lowndes County	2003	801 MW
10	Gerald Andrus	Washington County	1975	781 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Mississippi

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	R D Morrow	Lamar County	2023	558 MW
2	ERDC	Warren County	2021	3 MW
3	Benndale	George County	2020	28 MW
4	Hinds Energy Facility	Hinds County	2020	600 MW
5	Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood	Smith County	2018	7 MW
6	Ratcliffe	Kemper County	2014	840 MW
7	Moselle	Jones County	2012	511 MW
8	Quantum Choctaw Power LLC	Choctaw County	2006	851 MW
9	Silver Creek	Jefferson Davis County	2005	251 MW
10	Mississippi State University	Oktibbeha County	2005	26 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Mississippi

How many natural gas power plants are in Mississippi?: Mississippi has 28 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 13 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Mississippi?: Victor J Daniel Jr in Jackson County, Mississippi is the largest, at 1,132 MW. It came online in 2001.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Mississippi in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Mississippi in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Mississippi?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.