Victor J. Daniel Power Plant, Mississippi

The Victor J. Daniel Power Plant is the largest power plant in Mississippi. It is in the southeast corner of the state, ten miles north of Pascagoula and the gulf. Two parallel canals, more than two miles long, connect it to the Black Creek Cooling Pond, a flooded area of several hundred acres that cool the plant. The plant is home to two coal-fired units (1 & 2), as well as two gas-fired units (3 & 4), whose combined nameplate output capacity is around 2,000MW. Units 1, 2, 3, and 4 all have output capacities of around 500MW apiece, and become operational in 1977, 1981, and 2001 respectively. The plant is owned and operated mostly by the Mississippi Power Company (a subsidiary of Southern Company).