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L L Wilkins

Natural gas power plant · Coahoma County, Mississippi

Nameplate capacity
55 MW
Rank in Mississippi
#37
of 64 plants
In service since
1961
October 1961

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Clarksdale Public Utilities
County
Coahoma County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.30%
Rank among natural gas plants in Mississippi
#19 of 27
EIA plant code
2059

Generating units

Individual generating units at L L Wilkins
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
9Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle26 MW22 MW1971Operating
8Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle16 MW13 MW1965Operating
7Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle7.5 MW7.5 MW1961Operating
6Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle6.0 MW6.8 MW1996Operating

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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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 55 MW solar plant and a 55 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