List of power stations in Indiana explained

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Indiana, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Indiana had a total summer capacity of 26,903 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 98,054 GWh.^[1] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 45% coal, 38.7% natural gas, 10.4% wind, 2.3% other gases, 2.1% solar, 0.4% hydroelectric, 0.4% biomass, 0.1% petroleum, and 0.5% other.

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 & 2 265 MW 3 & 4 88.2 MW	707	Large Corporation	Vectren
Cayuga	Cayuga	2	3	1 1970 2 1972	1 531 MW 2 531 MW	1,062	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	3	3	1 1955 2 19653 1994 (petroleum)	1 11.5 MW 2 12.6 MW3 0.8 MW	19.5 (2021)	City Utility	Crawfordsville E.L.&P.	2021 (unit 2)
F.B. Culley	Newburgh	2	3	1 1955 2 1966 3 1973	1 46 MW 2 104 MW 3 265 MW	369 (2021)	Large Corporation	Vectren	2006 (Unit 1) 2025 (Unit 2)^[2]
Gibson	Northwestern Gibson County	5	4	1 & 2 1976 3 & 4 1979 5 1982	All 5: 667 MW	3,339 (2021)	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)^[3]
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	1,080	Large Corporation	Hallador Energy Company^[4]
Michigan City	Michigan City	1	1	1974	540 MW	540	Large Corporation	NIPSCO	2028
Petersburg	Petersburg	7	4	1 1967IC1-3 1967 2 1969 3 1977 4 1986	1 282 MWIC1-3 2.7 MW 2 523 MW 3 & 4 671 MW	2,155 (2021)	Large Corporation	AES / AES Indiana	2021 (Unit 1)^[5] 2023 (Unit 2)
Rockport		2	2	1 1984 2 1989	Both: 1,300 MW	2,600	Large Corporation	Indiana - Michigan Power	2028 (Unit 1)^[6] ^[7] 2028 (Unit 2)^[8]
R.M. Schahfer	Wheatfield	6	6	14 1976 15 1979 3 1983 4 1986	14 540 MW 15 556 MW 3 & 4 423 MW	2,201 (2021)	Large Corporation	NIPSCO	Units 14 and 15 closed in October 2021.^[9] 2023 (Units 17 and 18)
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

Closed/Converted

Name	Location	In service dates	Unit capacity	Nameplatecapacity	Owner type	Owner(s)	Closure date
Bailly	Chesterton	1 1962 2 1968	1 190 MW 2 413 MW	604	Large Corporation	NIPSCO	2018^[10]
Eagle Valley	Martinsville	1 1951 2 & 3 1953 4 1956	1 50 MW 2 & 3 69 MW 4 114 MW	302	Large Corporation	AES / AES Indiana	Converted to natural gas in 2018.^[11]
Gallagher	New Albany	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)^[12]
Harding St./(former E.W. Stout)	South SideIndianapolis	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.^[13]
JasperMun.	Jasper	1968	14.5 MW	14.5	City Utility	Jasper M.E.U.
D.H. Mitchell	Gary	1 & 2 1958 3 1970	All 3 128 MW	384	Large Corporation	NIPSCO	2001^[14]
Frank E. Ratts	Petersburg	Both 1970	Both 117 MW	233	R.E.M.C.	Hoosier Energy	2015^[15]
State Line	Hammond	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'sCreek	Lawrenceburg	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^[16]
Notre DameUtility Plant	University ofNotre Dame	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^[17]
WabashRiver	Terre Haute	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^[18]
WadeUtility Plant	PurdueUniversity	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)^[19]

• 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

• Connersville Peaking Station
• Miami-Wabash County Peaking Station
• Wheatland Peaking Station

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	^[20]
Broadway Generating Station (Indiana)	Evansville	Peaking	1 - 1971 2 - 1981	1 50  MW 2 65 MW	115 MW	Large Corporation	Vectren	^[21]
Eagle Valley	Martinsville		2018		671 MW	Large Corporation	AES / AES Indiana
Georgetown Generating Station
Henry County Generating Station
Lawrence County Generating Station	Lawrence County	Peaking	2005		258 MW	Rural Electric Cooperative	Hoosier Energy, Wabash Valley Power Association	^[22]
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	^[23]
Portside Energy Facility
Richmond Generating Station (Indiana)
Vermillion Generating Facility	Vermillion County	Peaking	2000		692 MW	Large Corporation, Rural Electric Cooperative	Duke Energy Indiana, Wabash Valley Power Alliance	^[24] ^[25]
Wheatland Generating Facility
Whiting Clean Energy Power Plant
Worthington Generating Station	Greene County	Peaking	2000^[26]		174 MW	Rural Electric Cooperative	Hoosier Energy

Hydroelectric dams

Name	Location	Coordinates	In service date	Nameplate capacity	Owner type	Owner(s)	Operator(s)
Markland Locks and Dam	Gallatin County, Kentucky / York Township, Switzerland County, Indiana	38°46′29″N, 84°57′51″W	1964	72.9 MW	Corporation	Duke Energy Indiana	United States Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District
Norway Dam (Indiana)^[27]	Monticello, Indiana	40°46'50"N, 86°45'36"W	1923	9.2 MW	Corporation	Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO)
Oakdale Dam (Indiana)^[28]	Monticello, Indiana	40°39'23.75"N, 86°45'11.30"W	1925	7.2 MW	Corporation	Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO)
Twin Branch Dam (Indiana)^[29]	Mishawaka, Indiana	41°39'56"N, 86°7'57"W	1989	4.8 MW	Corporation	Indiana Michigan Power
Elkhart Dam (Indiana)^[30] ^[31]	Elkhart County, Indiana	41°41'34.90"N, 85°57'54.65"W	1913	3.4 MW	Corporation	Indiana Michigan Power

Solar

See main article: Solar power in Indiana.

Name	Location	In service dates	Nameplate capacity	Owner(s)
Riverstart Solar Park	Modoc	2021	200 MW^[32]	Connor Clark & Lunn Infrastructure [80%] EDP Renewables North America [20%]^[33]
Bellflower Solar Project^[34]	Henry County	2023	152.5 MW	Lightsource bp
Mammoth North^[35] ^[36] ^[37]	Starke County	2024	400 MWdc	Doral Renewables
Mammoth South^[38]	Pulaski County	2025 (under construction)	300 MWdc	Doral Renewables
Indiana Crossroads^[39]	White County	2023	200 MW	NIPSCO
Dunns Bridge 1	Jasper County	2023	265 MW	NIPSCO
Cavalry^[40]	White County	2024	200 MW	NIPSCO
Honeysuckle^[41] ^[42]	New Carlisle	2024	188 MWdc	Lightsource bp

Biomass to energy plant

Milltown Biomass

Attempted nuclear plants

• Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant
• Bailly Nuclear Power Plant

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))

External links

• Existing coal plants in Indiana at SourceWatch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana Electricity Profile . U.S. Energy Information Administration . November 2, 2023. April 14, 2024.
2. Web site: Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B) . 2023-05-31 . www.eia.gov.
3. News: Duke Energy working on cleaner energy, plans to retire Gibson Station units. Lyman. Jill. WFIE. February 19, 2021.
4. Web site: Hoosier Energy, Hallador Energy Company finalize ownership transfer of Merom Generating Station, multiyear PPA . www.hoosierenergy.com . 24 October 2022.
5. Web site: US EPA . OAR . 2022-05-17 . Download Data . 2023-05-31 . www.epa.gov . en.
6. News: Coal unit shutting down at Rockport Power Plant. Lyman. Jill. WFIE-TV. July 19, 2019. July 21, 2019.
7. Web site: AEP Receives Approval to Modify New Source Review Consent Decree. McHenry. Melissa. AEP.com. July 18, 2019. July 21, 2019.
8. News: Energy company unveils plan to fully retire Rockport power plant. WFIE. April 24, 2021. April 21, 2021.
9. Web site: NiSource Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results . November 3, 2021. NiSource. December 18, 2021.
10. News: Benman. Keith. December 18, 2016. NIPSCO will close Bailly power plant May 31, 2018. The Times of Northwest Indiana. May 11, 2018.
11. Web site: IPL inaugurates Eagle Valley Generating Station in Indiana .
12. News: Duke Energy closing southern Indiana power plant early. WDRB. February 27, 2021.
13. News: Cassell. Barry. February 26, 2016. Indianapolis Power's Harding Street plant burns its last coal. Transmission Hub. February 19, 2021.
14. Web site: December 5, 2001. Nipsco to close aging 500 Mw plant in Gary, Ind.. February 19, 2021. Oil & Gas Journal.
15. Web site: September 14, 2018. Coal generation plants slowly going away. February 19, 2021. Washington Times-Herald.
16. Web site: May 20, 2015. Tanners Creek Plant Shuts Down Last Generating Unit; A Look At Its Past And Future. February 19, 2021. Washington Times-Herald.
17. Web site: October 15, 2019. Notre Dame to cease burning coal a year ahead of schedule. February 19, 2021. South Bend Tribune.
18. Web site: May 2, 2020. Duke Energy implodes Wabash River Generating Station. February 19, 2021. Tribune-Star.
19. Web site: May 11, 2012. Purdue trustees begin to implement energy plan by approving infrastructure improvements. September 1, 2021. www.purdue.edu.
20. Web site: About IMPA / Power Supply Resources / Generation Resources . impa.com . June 6, 2014.
21. Web site: Electric Generation and Environmental Stewardship . vectren . June 6, 2014.
22. Web site: Lawrence and Worthington Generating Stations. hoosierenergy.com. Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.. June 2, 2022.
23. Web site: Last ever load of coal arrives at Downtown steam plant. February 3, 2020 . IndyStar.
24. Web site: Traditional Power Plants . Wabash Valley Power Alliance . Wabash Valley Power Alliance . 18 June 2024.
25. Web site: Power plant profile: Vermillion Gas Fired Power Plant, US . Power Technology . Verdict Media Limited . 18 June 2024.
26. Web site: Worthington Generation LLC. Energy Justice Network. Energy Justice. June 2, 2022.
27. Web site: NIPSCO Power.
28. Web site: NIPSCO Power.
29. Web site: Twin Branch P-2579.
30. Web site: Elkhart P-2651.
31. Web site: Elkhart Hydro Power Plant IN USA - GEO.
32. Web site: Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data . September 5, 2020 . US Energy Information Administration . July 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701093836/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/ . July 1, 2022 . live.
33. Web site: Edp Renewables Sells Stake In 200 Mw Solar Project To Connor Clark & Lunn. January 3, 2022 . Pv Magazine Usa . February 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220130001516/https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/01/03/edp-renewables-sells-stake-in-200-mw-solar-project-to-connor-clark-lunn/ . January 30, 2022 . dead.
34. 2023-05-23 . Bellflower Solar enters commercial operations . Lightsource bp USA . 2023-09-10 . en-US.
35. News: Molly . DeVore . December 24, 2022 . Largest solar farm in the country moves forward in northern Indiana . 2023-03-14 . . en.
36. News: Mills . Wes . November 3, 2022 . Mammoth Solar enters next phase of $1.5B project . 2023-03-14 . . en-US.
37. Web site: MAMMOTH NORTH SOLAR . 2024-07-11 . doral-llc.com.
38. Web site: Mammoth Solar . 2023-03-14 . Doral Renewables . en-US.
39. NIPSCO brings online its first two Indiana solar projects . July 12, 2023 . . 2023-11-10.
40. August 19, 2024 . NIPSCO's Electric Generation Transition Continues with Completion of Third Solar Project . 2024-08-21 . NIPSCO.
41. October 17, 2024 . Honeysuckle Solar comes online . Lightsource bp . 2024-10-18.
42. News: Semmler . Ed . March 14, 2023 . Pushing through cold: Work is ramping up at Honeysuckle Solar Farm near New Carlisle . 2024-10-18 . South Bend Tribune.