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]
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 |
4 | 4 | 1 1958 2 1961 3 1973 4 2001 |
1 & 2 114 MW 3 & 4 471 MW |
1,170 | Large Corporation |
AES Indiana | 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 | 4 | 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 |
5 | 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 | 7 | 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 |
2 | 3 | 1 1969 2 1995 |
1 10.6 MW 2 30.8 MW |
41.4 | College Utility |
Purdue University | |
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: | 28 Plants | 72 |
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
Hydroelectric dams
- Markland Locks and Dam
- Norway Dam (Indiana)
- Oakdale Dam (Indiana)
- Twin Branch Dam (Indiana)
- Elkhart Dam (Indiana)[20]
Wind farms
Biomass to energy plant
Attempted nuclear plants
Operating electrical utility companies
- Duke Energy Indiana (Formerly Public Service Indiana (PSI))
- Hoosier Energy
- Indiana-Michigan Power
- AES Indiana, a subsidiary of AES Corporation
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) (a subsidiary of NiSource)
- Vectren (Formerly Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company (SIGECO))
References
- ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Indiana, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–19". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ^ "Indiana Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. July 1, 2021.
- ^ Benman, Keith (December 18, 2016). "NIPSCO will close Bailly power plant May 31, 2018". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Martin, John (February 20, 2018). "Vectren: Natural gas plant, solar farm to join energy production". Courier-Press. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- ^ "Duke Energy closing southern Indiana power plant early". WDRB. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Lyman, Jill. "Duke Energy working on cleaner energy, plans to retire Gibson Station units". WFIE. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Cassell, Barry (February 26, 2016). "Indianapolis Power's Harding Street plant burns its last coal". Transmission Hub. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Hoosier Energy Announces New 20-Year Resource Plan". Hoosier Energy. Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. January 21, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Nipsco to close aging 500 Mw plant in Gary, Ind". Oil & Gas Journal. December 5, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Coal generation plants slowly going away". Washington Times-Herald. September 14, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Lyman, Jill (July 19, 2019). "Coal unit shutting down at Rockport Power Plant". WFIE-TV. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ McHenry, Melissa (July 18, 2019). "AEP Receives Approval to Modify New Source Review Consent Decree". AEP.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ "Energy company unveils plan to fully retire Rockport power plant". WFIE. April 24, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Notre Dame to cease burning coal a year ahead of schedule". South Bend Tribune. October 15, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Duke Energy implodes Wabash River Generating Station". Tribune-Star. May 2, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "About IMPA / Power Supply Resources / Generation Resources". impa.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Electric Generation and Environmental Stewardship" (PDF). vectren. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Last ever load of coal arrives at Downtown steam plant". IndyStar. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/549