16th largest plant in Indiana · 591st nationally
Sugar Creek Power is a natural gas power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 619 MW. It generates roughly 2.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 280,808 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 54% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 881 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (619 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Sugar Creek Power |
|---|---|
| Operator | Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co |
| City | West Terre Haute |
| County | Vigo County |
| State | Indiana |
| ZIP | 47885 |
| Coordinates | 39.39310, -87.51080 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 213 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| CT02 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 195 MW | Cancelled | — |
| CT21 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 159 MW | Cancelled | — |
| CT22 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 154 MW | Cancelled | — |
| CO₂ | 1.3M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 83 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 881 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.
| 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.