DeRidder Mill
Other power plant · Beauregard County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
62 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#60
of 98 plants
In service since
1969
October 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Packaging Corporation of America
- County
- Beauregard County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.21%
- Rank among other plants in Louisiana
- #6 of 21
- EIA plant code
- 10488
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 62 MW | 62 MW | 1969 | 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 Louisiana
| Westrock Hodge (LA) | Other | 66 MW |
| D G Hunter | Natural gas | 65 MW |
| Sterlington | Natural gas | 59 MW |
| PPG Powerhouse A | Other | 53 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 62 MW solar plant and a 62 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 Louisiana power plants · What Louisiana actually generates