Expander Turbine
Natural gas power plant · Lake County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Indiana
#89
of 224 plants
In service since
1981
May 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Other Gases
- Operator
- Cleveland Cliffs
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #30 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 10475
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16TG | Other Gases | 20 MW | 19 MW | 1981 | 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 Indiana
| Purdue University | Natural gas | 43 MW |
| University of Notre Dame | Natural gas | 40 MW |
| St. Joseph Solar | Solar | 20 MW |
| Crane Solar Facility | Solar | 17 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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