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Mt Pleasant

Other power plant · Henry County, Iowa

Nameplate capacity
24 MW
Rank in Iowa
#126
of 305 plants
In service since
2002
February 2002

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Mt Pleasant - (IA)
County
Henry County
Generating units
12
Share of state capacity
0.10%
Rank among other plants in Iowa
#6 of 90
EIA plant code
1166

Generating units

Individual generating units at Mt Pleasant
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
10Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
11Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
12Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
2Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
3Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
4APetroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
5APetroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
6Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
7Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
8Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
9Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW2.0 MW2002Standby/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.

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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 24 MW solar plant and a 24 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