Nameplate capacity
2.9 MW
Rank in Iowa
#238
of 305 plants
In service since
1939
October 1939
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Anita - (IA)
- County
- Cass County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #67 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 1123
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.2 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.2 MW | 0.1 MW | 1939 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.2 MW | 0.2 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 Iowa
| Venus Wind 3 LLC | Wind | 3.0 MW |
| Waterloo Solar (IA) | Solar | 3.0 MW |
| Rockford | Other | 2.9 MW |
| Des Moines Wastewater Reclamation Fac | Other | 2.8 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 2.9 MW solar plant and a 2.9 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 Iowa power plants · What Iowa actually generates