Attala

Natural gas power plant · Attala County, Mississippi

Nameplate capacity
551 MW
Rank in Mississippi
#14
of 64 plants
In service since
2001
March 2001

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Entergy Mississippi LLC
County
Attala County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
3.04%
Rank among natural gas plants in Mississippi
#12 of 27
EIA plant code
55220

Generating units

Individual generating units at Attala
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
A03Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle198 MW459 MW2001Operating
A01Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle177 MW2001Operating
A02Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle177 MW2001Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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Hinds Energy FacilityNatural gas600 MW
R D MorrowNatural gas558 MW
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MoselleNatural gas511 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 551 MW solar plant and a 551 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 Mississippi power plants · What Mississippi actually generates