Independence Steam Electric Station
Coal power plant · Independence County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
1,800 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#3
of 122 plants
In service since
1983
January 1983
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Entergy Arkansas LLC
- County
- Independence County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 9.41%
- Rank among coal plants in Arkansas
- #1 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 6641
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 900 MW | 824 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 900 MW | 842 MW | 1984 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| Union Power Station | Natural gas | 2,428 MW |
| Arkansas Nuclear One | Nuclear | 1,845 MW |
| White Bluff | Coal | 1,800 MW |
| Magnet Cove | Natural gas | 746 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,800 MW solar plant and a 1,800 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates