Hurricane Creek Lift Station

🛢 OilElectric Utility2 MW capacity

170th largest plant in Indiana · 10231st nationally

Hurricane Creek Lift Station is a oil power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 2.0 MW. It generates roughly 130 MWh per year — enough to power about 12 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1579 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%1%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity2 MWnameplate
Annual Generation130 MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor1%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂103metric tons

Location

Plant NameHurricane Creek Lift Station
OperatorJohnson County Rural E M C
CityGreenwood
CountyJohnson County
StateIndiana
ZIP46143
Coordinates39.58790, -86.18580

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasOilSolarBiomass

Generators (1)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
HURRPetroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil2.0 MWOperating2004

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
City Of GreenwoodGreenwood, IN10000.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂103 metric tons
NOₓ2 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1579 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,579 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWh

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

About Oil plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

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