Whiting Clean Energy
Natural gas power plant · Lake County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
577 MW
Rank in Indiana
#18
of 224 plants
In service since
2002
April 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- BP Alternative Energy
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.68%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #9 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 55259
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 213 MW | 213 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 182 MW | 150 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 182 MW | 150 MW | 2002 | 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
| Eagle Valley (IN) | Natural gas | 644 MW |
| Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC | Wind | 588 MW |
| Michigan City | Coal | 540 MW |
| Wheatland Generating Facility | Natural gas | 500 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 577 MW solar plant and a 577 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