Indiana Harbor West
Natural gas power plant · Lake County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
127 MW
Rank in Indiana
#65
of 224 plants
In service since
1959
May 1959
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Cleveland Cliffs
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.37%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #21 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 10397
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN9 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 55 MW | 28 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GEN8 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 40 MW | 24 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 32 MW | 16 MW | 1959 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Bitter Ridge Wind Farm, LLC | Wind | 147 MW |
| Benton County Wind Farm | Wind | 131 MW |
| Bluff Point Wind Facility | Wind | 120 MW |
| SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon | Natural gas | 108 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 127 MW solar plant and a 127 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