GridPlants

Power plants operated by Entergy Arkansas LLC

Entergy Arkansas LLC operates 11 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 9,635 MW of nameplate capacity, the 23rd-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. All of them are in Arkansas. Natural gas is 38% of the capacity; the largest site is Union Power Station. Its oldest working unit dates from 1925, at Remmel. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 430 MW.

  • Natural gas3,695 MW38%
  • Coal3,600 MW37%
  • Nuclear1,845 MW19%
  • Solar430 MW4.5%
  • Hydroelectric65 MW0.7%

Capacity by decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasHydroelectricSolar

Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.

1 GW2 GW3 GW4 GW1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s0

Plants

PlantStateRuns onCapacityFirst unit
Union Power StationArkansasNatural gas2,428 MW2003
Arkansas Nuclear OneArkansasNuclear1,845 MW1974
Independence Steam Electric StationArkansasCoal1,800 MW1983
White BluffArkansasCoal1,800 MW1980
Hot Spring Generating FacilityArkansasNatural gas715 MW2002
Lake CatherineArkansasNatural gas552 MW1970
West Memphis Solar StationArkansasSolar180 MW2024
Driver SolarArkansasSolar150 MW2024
Walnut Bend Solar Station PVArkansasSolar100 MW2024
CarpenterArkansasHydroelectric56 MW1932
RemmelArkansasHydroelectric9 MW1925