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R M Schahfer

Coal power plant · Jasper County, Indiana

Nameplate capacity
1,105 MW
Rank in Indiana
#7
of 224 plants
In service since
1979
December 1979

Details

Primary fuel
Coal
Technology
Conventional Steam Coal
Operator
Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
County
Jasper County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
3.21%
Rank among coal plants in Indiana
#6 of 11
EIA plant code
6085

Generating units

Individual generating units at R M Schahfer
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
17Conventional Steam Coal424 MW361 MW1983Operating
18Conventional Steam Coal424 MW361 MW1986Operating
16ANatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine129 MW78 MW1979Operating
16BNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine129 MW77 MW1979Operating

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 1,105 MW solar plant and a 1,105 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