GEORGETOWN

How GEORGETOWN compares

With 306 MW of capacity, GEORGETOWN ranks 21st among the 77 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Indiana and 8th of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.2% of Indiana's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 450th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is newer than 56% of the 73 operating Indiana plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT CO, runs 4 operating plants in Indiana totaling 4,054 MW. It shares Marion County with 5 other operating plants, including HARDING STREET and COVANTA INDIANAPOLIS ENERGY.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 340 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 306 MW). Net generation was 466 GWh in 2024 (a 16% capacity factor), about 2.5 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 2000 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GEORGETOWN, about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,557 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HARDING STREET (1,198 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is IUPUI Informatics & Communications Technology Complex in Indianapolis, about 9.7 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