Whiting Refinery

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP83 MW capacity

66th largest plant in Indiana · 2767th nationally

Whiting Refinery is a other fossil power plant in Indiana with a nameplate capacity of 83.8 MW. It generates roughly 445.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 42,398 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 61% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%61%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 37.4k MWh (60% of capacity)JFeb: 21.3k MWh (38% of capacity)FMar: 34.4k MWh (55% of capacity)MApr: 25.7k MWh (43% of capacity)AMay: 29.9k MWh (48% of capacity)MJun: 28.7k MWh (48% of capacity)JJul: 27.9k MWh (45% of capacity)JAug: 35.0k MWh (56% of capacity)ASep: 35.2k MWh (58% of capacity)SOct: 30.3k MWh (49% of capacity)ONov: 20.8k MWh (35% of capacity)NDec: 32.9k MWh (53% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (83.8 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.

Capacity84 MWnameplate
Annual Generation445.2k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor61%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NameWhiting Refinery
OperatorBp Plc
CityWhiting
CountyLake County
StateIndiana
ZIP46394
Coordinates41.67030, -87.48030

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

Natural GasCoalOilSolarBiomass

Generators (7)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
35TGOther GasesOther Gas30.0 MWOperating1980
33TGOther GasesOther Gas18.8 MWOut of Service1955
31TGOther GasesOther Gas12.5 MWOperating1948
32TGOther GasesOther Gas12.5 MWOut of Service1948
34TGOther GasesOther Gas10.0 MWOperating1955
15TGOther GasesOther Gas5.0 MWRetired1928
17TGOther GasesOther Gas5.0 MWRetired1928

Emissions (annual)

NOₓ17 metric tons

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..

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Whiting Refinery is a federally registered power generation facility in Indiana.

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