Sweatt
Natural gas power plant · Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Mississippi Power Co
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Mississippi
- #20 of 27
- EIA plant code
- 2048
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 42 MW | 32 MW | 1971 | Operating |
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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| Leaf River Cellulose LLC | Other | 50 MW |
| Hattiesburg Solar Farm | Solar | 50 MW |
| Benndale | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Mississippi State University | Natural gas | 26 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 42 MW solar plant and a 42 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