How many coal power plants are in MISO?

MISO has 61 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 48 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in MISO?

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 MISO in 2025?

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

Who is developing coal power plants in MISO?

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 MISO

MISO has 61 operating coal power plants with 48 GW of capacity.

Operating61

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

MISO had 61 coal power plants online in 2016 and 61 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 MISO

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Gibson	Gibson County, Indiana	1982	3,340 MW
2	Monroe (MI)	Monroe County, Michigan	1974	3,280 MW
3	Labadie	Franklin County, Missouri	1973	2,389 MW
4	White Bluff	Jefferson County, Arkansas	1981	1,800 MW
5	Independence Steam Electric Station	Independence County, Arkansas	1984	1,800 MW
6	Prairie State Generating Station	St Clair County, Illinois	2012	1,766 MW
7	Sherburne County	Sherburne County, Minnesota	1987	1,704 MW
8	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center	Pottawattamie County, Iowa	2007	1,648 MW
9	J H Campbell	Ottawa County, Michigan	1980	1,561 MW
10	Elm Road Generating Station	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	2011	1,403 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in MISO

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Edwardsport	Knox County, Indiana	2013	332 MW
2	Prairie State Generating Station	St Clair County, Illinois	2012	1,766 MW
3	Elm Road Generating Station	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	2011	1,403 MW
4	Plum Point Energy Station	Mississippi County, Arkansas	2010	720 MW
5	Dallman	Sangamon County, Illinois	2009	230 MW
6	Archer Daniels Midland Clinton	Clinton County, Iowa	2009	180 MW
7	Weston	Marathon County, Wisconsin	2008	946 MW
8	Walter Scott Jr Energy Center	Pottawattamie County, Iowa	2007	1,648 MW
9	Archer Daniels Midland Decatur	Macon County, Illinois	2005	335 MW
10	Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids	Linn County, Iowa	2000	256 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 MISO

How many coal power plants are in MISO?: MISO has 61 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 48 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in MISO?: 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 MISO in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in MISO in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in MISO?: 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.