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EIA plant 56456

Osceola · Mississippi · AR

Plum Point Energy Station

Operated by NRG Energy Services - Plum Point

Annual generation3,119,977 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUBCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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35.664400, -89.948900

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal720 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1341,260
2230,856
3239,528.01
438,284
5237,928
6296,948
7291,864
8241,204
9311,000
10300,199
11300,658
12290,248

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1341,260
2230,856
3239,528.01
438,284
5237,928
6296,948
7291,864
8241,204
9311,000
10300,199
11300,658
12290,248

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1341,260 MWh
2230,856 MWh
3239,528 MWh
438,284 MWh
5237,928 MWh
6296,948 MWh
7291,864 MWh
8241,204 MWh
9311,000 MWh
10300,199 MWh
11300,658 MWh
12290,248 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
STG1Conventional Steam CoalSUB720OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
56456
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Mississippi River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (341,260 MWh) and 4 the lowest (38,284 MWh). Their difference is 302,976 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
STG1Conventional Steam Coal720.0680.0680.0285.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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