Generating Plants
Steam Plants |
Units |
Nameplate capacity |
| Plant Watson (Harrison County) | 5 | 1,012,000 kW |
| Plant Daniel* (Jackson County) | 4 | 1,580,000 kW |
| Greene County* (Alabama) | 2 | 200,000 kW |
| Plant Sweatt (Lauderdale County) | 2 | 80,000 kW |
| Plant Eaton (Forrest County) | 3 | 67,500 kW |
| Combustion Turbines | ||
| Chevron Cogenerating Plant (Jackson County) | 5 | 147,292 kW |
| Plant Sweatt | 1 | 39,400 kW |
| Plant Watson | 1 | 40,000 kW |
| Total all generating plants | 3,166,192 kW |
*Mississippi Power owns a 40 percent undivided interest in Greene County Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 and a 50 percent undivided interest in Daniel Electric Generating Plant Units 1 and 2. The capacities stated above reflect only Mississippi Power's portion of the plants' total capacities.
Transmission, Distribution Facilities
To deliver electricity to our customers, Mississippi Power maintains 147 substations, 2,118 miles of transmission lines, 4,213 miles of primary overhead lines and 560 miles of primary underground lines.
Fuels Used to Generate Electricity
Fuel |
Cost of Fuel |
Percent Generation |
| Coal | $271,992,000 | 51.00% |
| Natural gas | $260,033,000 | 49.00% |
| $532,025,000 | 100.00% |
The year-to-date peak hour demand for 2011 is 2,688,000 kW set at 7 a.m. on January 13. The all-time record of 2,862,000 kW was set at 7 a.m. on January 11, 2010.
Power Plants in Actions
Learn the inner workings of our power plants:
hydro,
nuclear, and
fossil fuel power.
(These animated plant explanations use Flash, a free plug-in that comes with most browsers.)
To learn more about electricity and investor-owned utilities, visit Learning Power.
