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List of power stations in Indiana

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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Indiana, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Indiana had a total summer capacity of 26,665 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 102,505 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 59.3% coal, 33.5% natural gas, 6.1% wind, 0.4% biomass, 0.3% hydroelectric, 0.3% solar, and 0.1% petroleum.[1]

Sources of Indiana utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2020[1]

  Coal (53.2%)
  Natural Gas (35.6%)
  Hydroelectric (0.3%)
  Wind (7.3%)
  Biomass (0.5%)
  Solar (0.7%)
  Petroleum (0.1%)
  Other gases (2.0%)

Coal-fired

Name Location Act.
units 		Stacks In service
dates 		Unit capacity
(2009) 		Nameplate
capacity
(2009 MW) 		Owner type Owner(s)
(2009) 		Closure date
A.B.
Brown 		Posey Co. /
Vand. Co. 		4 4 1 1979 2 1986
3 1991 4 2002 		1 & 2 235 MW
3 & 4 88.2 MW 		707 Large
Corporation 		Vectren
Bailly Chesterton 0 1 1 1962
2 1968 		1 190 MW
2 413 MW 		604 Large
Corporation 		NIPSCO 2018[3]
Cayuga Cayuga 2 3 1 1970
2 1972 		1 531 MW
2 531 MW 		1062 Large
Corporation 		Duke Energy Indiana 2028
Clifty
Creek 		Madison 6 3 1-5 1955
6 1956 		All 6: 217 MW 1,303 Conglomerate Ohio Valley E.C.
Crawfordsville
Mun. 		Crawfordsville 2 2 1 1955
2 1956 		1 11.5 MW
2 12.6 MW 		24.1 City
Utility 		Crawfordsville E.L.&P.
F.B. Culley Newburgh 2 3 1 1955 2 1966
3 1973 		1 46 MW 2 104 MW
3 265 MW 		415 Large
Corporation 		Vectren 2006 (Unit 1)
2023 (Unit 2)[4]
Eagle
Valley 		Martinsville 4 3 1 1951
2 & 3 1953 4 1956 		1 50 MW
2 & 3 69 MW 4 114 MW 		302 Large
Corporation 		AES / AES Indiana
Gallagher New Albany 0 2 1 1958 2 1959
3 1960 4 1961 		2 & 4 280 MW 600 Large
Corporation 		Duke Energy Indiana 2012 (Units 1 & 3)
2021 (Units 2 & 4)[5]
Gibson Northwestern
Gibson County 		5 4 1 & 2 1976
3 & 4 1979 5 1982 		All 5: 630 MW 3,145 Large Corp
Franchised 		D.E.I. 100%1-4 90.3% 5
See Gibson G.S. for details 		2026 (Unit 4)
2034 (Units 3 & 5)
2038 (Units 1 & 2)[6]
Harding St./
(former E.W. Stout) 		South Side
Indianapolis 		0 4 1 1958 2 1961
3 1973 4 2001 		1 & 2 114 MW
3 & 4 471 MW 		1,170 Large
Corporation 		AES Indiana Converted to natural gas in 2016.[7]
Jasper
Mun. 		Jasper 0 1 1968 14.5 MW 14.5 City
Utility 		Jasper M.E.U.
Logansport Logansport 2 1 1 1958
2 1964 		1 18 MW
2 25 MW 		43 City
Utility 		Logansport Municipal Utility
Merom Merom 2 1 1 1982
2 1983 		Both: 540 MW 1080 R.E.M.C. Hoosier Energy 2023[8]
Michigan
City 		Michigan City 1 2 1 1974 540 MW 540 Large
Corporation 		NIPSCO 2028
D.H. Mitchell Gary 0 2 1 & 2 1958
3 1970 		All 3 128 MW 384 Large
Corporation 		NIPSCO 2001[9]
Petersburg Petersburg 4 4 1 1967 2 1969
3 1977 4 1986 		1 253 MW 2 471 MW
3 & 4 574 MW 		1,873 Large
Corporation 		AES / AES Indiana
Frank E.
Ratts 		Petersburg 0 2 Both 1970 Both 117 MW 233 R.E.M.C. Hoosier Energy 2015[10]
Rockport Rockport 2 2 1 1984
2 1989 		Both: 1,300 MW 2,600 Large
Corporation 		Indiana - Michigan Power 2028 (Unit 1)[11][12]
2028 (Unit 2)[13]
R.M.
Schahfer 		Wheatfield 4 4 1 1976 2 1979
3 1983 4 1986 		1 540 MW 2 556 MW
3 & 4 423 MW 		1,943 Large
Corporation 		NIPSCO 2021 (1st half)
2023 (2nd half)
State Line Hammond 0 3 1 & 2 1955
3 & 4 1962 		1 100MW 2 125MW
3 180MW 4 209MW 		614 Large
Corporation 		Dominion 1978 (unit 1)
1979 (unit 2)
2012 (units 3 & 4)
Tanner's
Creek 		Lawrenceburg 0 5 1 1951 2 1952
3 1954 4 1964 		1 & 2: 153 MW
3 215 MW 4 580 MW 		1,100 Large
Corporation 		Indiana - Michigan Power 2015[14]
Notre Dame
Utility Plant 		University of
Notre Dame 		0 3 1 1952 2 1956 3 1962
4 1967 5 2000 		1 1.7 MW 2 2.0 MW 3 3.0 MW
4 5.0 MW 5 9.5 MW 		21.1 College
Utility 		University of Notre Dame 2019[15]
Wabash
River 		Terre Haute 0 1 2-4 1955 5 1956
6 1968 7 1995 		2-4 85 MW 5 95 MW
6 318 MW 		680 Large
Corporation 		Duke Energy Indiana 2016[16]
Wade
Utility Plant 		Purdue
University 		0 3 1 1969
2 1995 		1 10.6 MW
2 30.8 MW 		41.4 College
Utility 		Purdue University 2012 (Unit 1)
Converted to natural gas in 2012 (Unit 2)[17]
Warrick Newburgh 4 3 1 1960 2 1964
3 1965 4 1970 		1, 2, & 3 144 MW
4 323 MW 		755 95%
Franchised 		Vectren to Alcoa's
Newburgh Smelter
Whitewater
Valley 		Richmond 2 1 1 1955
2 1973 		1 33.0 MW
2 60.9 MW 		93.9 City
Utility 		Richmond Power & Light
Totals: 15 Plants 46
72 ------- ------- 21,402.5 ------- 16 Utility Corps
1 Co-Op Consortium
2 Universities
1 Smelter
  • 1 Also includes cooling towers.
  • 0 Active Units indicates Decommissioned Stations.

Coal gasification

Name Location Act.
units 		Stacks In service
dates 		Unit capacity
(2009) 		Nameplate
capacity 		Owner type Owner(s) (2009)
Wabash River
IGCC 		Terre Haute 2 1 1 - 1995
2 - 1955 (Repowered) 		1 192 MW
2 68  MW(steam) 		260 MW Corporation Wabash Valley Power Authority
Edwardsport
IGCC 		Edwardsport 3 2 2012 1 & 2 260 MW
3 260 MW 		780 MW Joint
Owned 		Duke Energy Indiana
Vectren

1 The existing plant will be decommissioned and demolished upon completion of new IGCC facility.

Oil fired peaking stations

Natural gas fired

Name Location Type In service
dates 		Unit capacity
(2014) 		Nameplate
capacity 		Owner type Owner(s) (2014) Source(s)
Anderson Generating Station Anderson Peaking 1 & 2 - 1992
3 - 2004 		1 & 2 41  MW
3 85 MW 		167 MW Municipal Holding Company Indiana Municipal Power Agency [18]
Broadway Generating Station (Indiana) Evansville Peaking 1 - 1971
2 - 1981 		1 50  MW
2 65 MW 		115 MW Large Corporation Vectren [19]
Eagle

Valley

Martinsville - - 2018 2018

-

Large
Corporation 		AES / AES Indiana
Georgetown Generating Station
Henry County Generating Station
Lawrence County Generating Station
Lawrenceburg Energy Facility
Montpelier Electric Generating Station (Indiana)
Noblesville Peaking Station
Northeast Generating Station (Indiana)
Perry K. Downtown
Indianapolis 		1 1925 (Coal)
2 1938 (Coal)
1 2016 (Natural Gas)
2 2016 (Natural Gas) 		1 15.0 MW
2 5.0 MW 		20.0 Small
Corporation 		Citizens Energy Group [20]
Portside Energy Facility
Richmond Generating Station (Indiana)
Vermillion Generating Facility
Wheatland Generating Facility
Whiting Clean Energy Power Plant
Worthington Generating Station

Hydroelectric dams

Wind farms

Main article: Wind power in Indiana

Biomass to energy plant

Milltown Biomass

Attempted nuclear plants

Operating electrical utility companies

References

  1. ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Indiana, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–20". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  2. ^ "Indiana Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. July 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Benman, Keith (December 18, 2016). "NIPSCO will close Bailly power plant May 31, 2018". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Martin, John (February 20, 2018). "Vectren: Natural gas plant, solar farm to join energy production". Courier-Press. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Duke Energy closing southern Indiana power plant early". WDRB. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Lyman, Jill. "Duke Energy working on cleaner energy, plans to retire Gibson Station units". WFIE. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Cassell, Barry (February 26, 2016). "Indianapolis Power's Harding Street plant burns its last coal". Transmission Hub. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "Hoosier Energy Announces New 20-Year Resource Plan". Hoosier Energy. Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. January 21, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nipsco to close aging 500 Mw plant in Gary, Ind". Oil & Gas Journal. December 5, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Coal generation plants slowly going away". Washington Times-Herald. September 14, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Lyman, Jill (July 19, 2019). "Coal unit shutting down at Rockport Power Plant". WFIE-TV. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  12. ^ McHenry, Melissa (July 18, 2019). "AEP Receives Approval to Modify New Source Review Consent Decree". AEP.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  13. ^ "Energy company unveils plan to fully retire Rockport power plant". WFIE. April 24, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "Tanners Creek Plant Shuts Down Last Generating Unit; A Look At Its Past And Future". Washington Times-Herald. May 20, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  15. ^ "Notre Dame to cease burning coal a year ahead of schedule". South Bend Tribune. October 15, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  16. ^ "Duke Energy implodes Wabash River Generating Station". Tribune-Star. May 2, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  17. ^ "Purdue trustees begin to implement energy plan by approving infrastructure improvements". www.purdue.edu. May 11, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "About IMPA / Power Supply Resources / Generation Resources". impa.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  19. ^ "Electric Generation and Environmental Stewardship" (PDF). vectren. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  20. ^ "Last ever load of coal arrives at Downtown steam plant". IndyStar. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  21. ^ "Elkhart Hydro Power Plant IN USA - GEO".
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