University of Notre Dame
Natural gas power plant · St Joseph County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
40 MW
Rank in Indiana
#88
of 224 plants
In service since
1952
July 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- University of Notre Dame
- County
- St Joseph County
- Generating units
- 12
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #29 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 50366
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 9.4 MW | 9.4 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.4 MW | 5.6 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.4 MW | 5.6 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| GEN6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| GEN8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GEN9 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GN10 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 1952 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1952 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1952 | 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.
Similarly sized plants in Indiana
| Troy Solar | Solar | 50 MW |
| Purdue University | Natural gas | 43 MW |
| Expander Turbine | Natural gas | 20 MW |
| St. Joseph Solar | Solar | 20 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 40 MW solar plant and a 40 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