Caterpillar
Natural gas power plant · Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
9.5 MW
Rank in Indiana
#104
of 224 plants
In service since
1996
March 1996
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Caterpillar Inc
- County
- Tippecanoe County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #33 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 50935
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET1-1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| ET4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 516A | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| ET3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.8 MW | 2.5 MW | 2024 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| R12 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.4 MW | 0.3 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 9.5 MW solar plant and a 9.5 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 Indiana power plants · What Indiana actually generates