Forest City Light Plant
Other power plant · Winnebago County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
22 MW
Rank in Iowa
#128
of 305 plants
In service since
1950
January 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Forest City- (IA)
- County
- Winnebago County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #8 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 1138
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 7.6 MW | 7.6 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.3 MW | 6.1 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.3 MW | 1968 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 2.2 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.3 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1950 | 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
| Mt Pleasant | Other | 24 MW |
| Spencer Gas Turbine | Other | 24 MW |
| Amana Society Service Company | Other | 22 MW |
| Webster City | Other | 21 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 22 MW solar plant and a 22 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