Nameplate capacity
9.8 MW
Rank in Iowa
#155
of 305 plants
In service since
1953
July 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Bellevue - (IA)
- County
- Jackson County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #23 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 1126
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.0 MW | 2.4 MW | 1971 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 1A | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 MW | 2021 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.7 MW | 1953 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.7 MW | 0.6 MW | 1963 | 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 Iowa
| Lamoni Municipal Utilities | Other | 11 MW |
| Atlantic | Natural gas | 10 MW |
| Montezuma | Natural gas | 9.8 MW |
| Tipton | Other | 9.3 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 9.8 MW solar plant and a 9.8 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