Electrifarm
Natural gas power plant · Black Hawk County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
264 MW
Rank in Iowa
#24
of 305 plants
In service since
1975
May 1975
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Iowa
- #5 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 6063
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 104 MW | 67 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 66 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 71 MW | 57 MW | 1975 | 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
| Muscatine Plant #1 | Coal | 276 MW |
| Lundgren Wind Project | Wind | 271 MW |
| Southern Hills Wind Farm | Wind | 254 MW |
| Diamond Trail Wind Farm | Wind | 253 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 264 MW solar plant and a 264 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