Power plant · Mississippi, United States

Baxter Wilson Power Plant

Baxter Wilson Power Plant is a closed gas power plant in Mississippi, United States, with 1,328 MW of capacity, operated by Entergy Mississippi LLC.

Grid connection

It closed in 2023, which freed up a 1,328 MW grid connection at 115 kV to the grid of Entergy Mississippi LLC, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Mississippi	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1967	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2023	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Entergy Mississippi LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	1,328 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Entergy Mississippi LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	115 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	32.2831, -90.9306	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Baxter Wilson is the 3rd-largest of 18 power plants in Mississippi and the 182nd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 1,328 MW is 0.14% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Mississippi	3rd of 18	15,969 MW	8.3%
United States	182nd of 1,009	917,512 MW	0.14%
All power plants in our data	277th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1967Started operating
2023Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Gravel Girlz	Mine	—	Operating	26 km

Operator, grid operator and place

Entergy Mississippi LLCOperator
Entergy Mississippi LLCGrid operator
Power plants in Mississippi, United States31
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Gas power plants in the US645
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Data on this page

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