ARCELORMITTAL INDIANA HARBOR WEST

How ARCELORMITTAL INDIANA HARBOR WEST compares

With 152 MW of capacity, ARCELORMITTAL INDIANA HARBOR WEST ranks 30th among the 77 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Indiana and 13th of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.6% of Indiana's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 606th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1959, it is older than 84% of the 73 operating Indiana plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Lake County with 8 other operating plants, including WHITING CLEAN ENERGY and GARY WORKS.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 127 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 152 MW). Net generation was 245 GWh in 2024, up 75% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1959 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CARROLL, about 3.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 25 operating power plants totaling 3,269 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WHITING CLEAN ENERGY (577 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) in Chicago, about 15.7 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology