Plum Point Energy Station
Coal power plant · Mississippi County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
720 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#6
of 122 plants
In service since
2010
September 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- NRG Energy Services - Plum Point
- County
- Mississippi County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 3.76%
- Rank among coal plants in Arkansas
- #3 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 56456
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 720 MW | 680 MW | 2010 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| White Bluff | Coal | 1,800 MW |
| Magnet Cove | Natural gas | 746 MW |
| Hot Spring Generating Facility | Natural gas | 715 MW |
| Dell Power Station | Natural gas | 679 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 720 MW solar plant and a 720 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates