Silver Creek
Natural gas power plant · Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Cooperative Energy
- County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.38%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Mississippi
- #16 of 27
- EIA plant code
- 7988
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 84 MW | 75 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 84 MW | 75 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 84 MW | 75 MW | 2005 | 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
| Kemper County | Natural gas | 372 MW |
| Crossroads Energy Center | Natural gas | 306 MW |
| Golden Triangle | Solar | 250 MW |
| Optimist | Solar | 250 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 251 MW solar plant and a 251 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