Whiting Refinery
Natural gas power plant · Lake County, Indiana
Nameplate capacity
84 MW
Rank in Indiana
#79
of 224 plants
In service since
1948
January 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Other Gases
- Operator
- BP PLC
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.24%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Indiana
- #24 of 43
- EIA plant code
- 52130
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35TG | Other Gases | 30 MW | 38 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 33TG | Other Gases | 19 MW | 16 MW | 1955 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 31TG | Other Gases | 13 MW | 11 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| 32TG | Other Gases | 13 MW | 11 MW | 1948 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 34TG | Other Gases | 10 MW | 12 MW | 1955 | 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
| Whitewater Valley | Coal | 94 MW |
| Indiana Harbor E 5 AC Station | Natural gas | 90 MW |
| Richmond | Natural gas | 83 MW |
| Markland | Hydro | 78 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 84 MW solar plant and a 84 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