Nameplate capacity
9.3 MW
Rank in Iowa
#157
of 305 plants
In service since
1971
April 1971
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Tipton - (IA)
- County
- Cedar County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Iowa
- #24 of 90
- EIA plant code
- 8106
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.2 MW | 1971 | 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
| Bellevue | Other | 9.8 MW |
| Montezuma | Natural gas | 9.8 MW |
| Wilton | Other | 9.2 MW |
| John Deere Dubuque Works | Other | 9.0 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 9.3 MW solar plant and a 9.3 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