Nameplate capacity
6.1 MW
Rank in Iowa
#181
of 305 plants
In service since
1948
September 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Lenox - (IA)
- County
- Taylor County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #38 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 1158
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2016 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 MW | 2001 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1965 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1966 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1948 | 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
| Milford | Other | 6.5 MW |
| Alliant SBD0201 Ingredion | Other | 6.1 MW |
| Farmers Electric Cooperative - Kalona | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Allendorf | Wind | 5.8 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 6.1 MW solar plant and a 6.1 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