George Neal South
Coal power plant · Woodbury County, Iowa
Nameplate capacity
696 MW
Rank in Iowa
#5
of 305 plants
In service since
1979
July 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- MidAmerican Energy Co
- County
- Woodbury County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.79%
- Rank among coal plants in Iowa
- #4 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 7343
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 696 MW | 647 MW | 1979 | 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
| Ottumwa | Coal | 726 MW |
| Marshalltown Generating Station | Natural gas | 709 MW |
| Emery Station | Natural gas | 603 MW |
| George Neal North | Coal | 584 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 696 MW solar plant and a 696 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