Portside Energy
Natural gas power plant · Porter County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
61 MW
Rank in Indiana
#83
of 224 plants
In service since
1997
September 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Primary Energy Recycling Holdings, LLC
- County
- Porter County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #27 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 55096
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 42 MW | 34 MW | 1997 | Operating |
| ST | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 1997 | 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
| Markland | Hydro | 78 MW |
| Primient | Natural gas | 62 MW |
| Heirloom Solar | Solar | 60 MW |
| Jasper County Solar Project | Solar | 60 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 61 MW solar plant and a 61 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