Entergy Arkansas is proposing a new natural gas power plant, the Jefferson County Power Station, to be built near the existing White Bluff coal-fired power plant in Jefferson County, which is scheduled to stop burning coal in 2028.
Entergy agreed to take the White Bluff plant offline in a 2021 settlement with environmental groups Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association.
The Jefferson County Power Station will be a 754-megawatt combined cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) plant, utilizing natural gas with the capability to power more than 355,000 homes…