Gas Turbine (IA)
Natural gas power plant · Black Hawk County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
43 MW
Rank in Iowa
#109
of 305 plants
In service since
1968
January 1968
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Cedar Falls Utilities
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Iowa
- #18 of 42
- EIA plant code
- 1130
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 24 MW | 23 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 20 MW | 18 MW | 1968 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 43 MW solar plant and a 43 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