How many coal power plants are in Indiana?

Indiana has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in Indiana?

Gibson in Gibson County, Indiana is the largest, at 3,340 MW. It came online in 1982.

How many coal power plants were built in Indiana in 2025?

0 coal power plants came online in Indiana in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing coal power plants in Indiana?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Coal power plants in Indiana

Indiana has 12 operating coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity.

Operating12

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Indiana had 12 coal power plants online in 2016 and 12 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Coal power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest coal power plants in Indiana

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Gibson	Gibson County	1982	3,340 MW
2	Rockport	Spencer County	1989	2,600 MW
3	AES Petersburg	Pike County	1986	1,342 MW
4	Clifty Creek	Jefferson County	1956	1,304 MW
5	Merom	Sullivan County	1983	1,080 MW
6	Cayuga	Vermillion County	1972	1,062 MW
7	R M Schahfer	Jasper County	1986	847 MW
8	Warrick	Warrick County	1970	823 MW
9	Michigan City	LaPorte County	1974	540 MW
10	F B Culley	Warrick County	1973	369 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Indiana

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Edwardsport	Knox County	2013	332 MW
2	Rockport	Spencer County	1989	2,600 MW
3	AES Petersburg	Pike County	1986	1,342 MW
4	R M Schahfer	Jasper County	1986	847 MW
5	Merom	Sullivan County	1983	1,080 MW
6	Gibson	Gibson County	1982	3,340 MW
7	Michigan City	LaPorte County	1974	540 MW
8	Whitewater Valley	Wayne County	1973	94 MW
9	F B Culley	Warrick County	1973	369 MW
10	Cayuga	Vermillion County	1972	1,062 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in Indiana

How many coal power plants are in Indiana?: Indiana has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 14 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Indiana?: Gibson in Gibson County, Indiana is the largest, at 3,340 MW. It came online in 1982.
How many coal power plants were built in Indiana in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in Indiana in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Indiana?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.