115th largest plant in Indiana · 6594th nationally
Prairie View I & Ii Lfgte is a natural gas power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 6.4 MW. It generates roughly 30.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,908 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 54% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
| Plant Name | Prairie View I & Ii Lfgte |
|---|---|
| Operator | Wabash Valley Power Assn, Inc |
| City | Wyatt |
| County | St Joseph County |
| State | Indiana |
| ZIP | 46595 |
| Coordinates | 41.49360, -86.16580 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| I-2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| I-3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| I-4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 1994 |
| II-1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| II-2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| II-3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| II-4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 0.8 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.