Wheatland Generating Facility
Natural gas power plant · Knox County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
500 MW
Rank in Indiana
#20
of 224 plants
In service since
2000
June 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Duke Energy Indiana, LLC
- County
- Knox County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.46%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #10 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 55224
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 125 MW | 111 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 125 MW | 112 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CTG3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 125 MW | 108 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| CTG4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 125 MW | 111 MW | 2000 | 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
| Whiting Clean Energy | Natural gas | 577 MW |
| Michigan City | Coal | 540 MW |
| Petersburg Energy Center | Battery storage | 500 MW |
| Dunns Bridge II Solar | Solar | 491 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 500 MW solar plant and a 500 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