Meridian
Other power plant · Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Mississippi
- #5 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 7719
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | 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 Mississippi
| Mississippi State University | Natural gas | 26 MW |
| CF Industries Yazoo City Complex | Natural gas | 25 MW |
| Georgia-Pacific Taylorsville Plywood | Natural gas | 7.2 MW |
| Meridian II | Solar | 5.0 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 9.0 MW solar plant and a 9.0 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