Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Iowa
#187
of 305 plants
In service since
2000
December 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- La Porte City Utilities
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #43 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 1156
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3A | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4A | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2013 | 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
| Alliant SBD 9203 Profol | Other | 5.6 MW |
| Coon Rapids II | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Sumner | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Sibley One | Other | 5.2 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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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