Mansfield Mill
Natural gas power plant · DeSoto County, Louisiana
Nameplate capacity
172 MW
Rank in Louisiana
#34
of 98 plants
In service since
1981
October 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- IPC-Mansfield Mill
- County
- DeSoto County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.59%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Louisiana
- #26 of 53
- EIA plant code
- 54091
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 62 MW | 45 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 40 MW | 25 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 40 MW | 26 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 30 MW | 22 MW | 1981 | 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
| Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric | Hydro | 192 MW |
| Louisiana 2 | Natural gas | 175 MW |
| PPG Riverside | Other | 162 MW |
| Elizabeth Solar Plant | Solar | 143 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 172 MW solar plant and a 172 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