Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in Iowa
#121
of 305 plants
In service since
2003
June 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Pella - (IA)
- County
- Marion County
- Generating units
- 14
- Share of state capacity
- 0.11%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #4 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 7971
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 11 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 12 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 13 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 14 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 15 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 16 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2003 | 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
| Hawkeye Wind Farm | Wind | 35 MW |
| Top of Iowa Windfarm III | Wind | 30 MW |
| New Hampton | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Waverly Municipal Electric North Plant | Other | 25 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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