HARDING STREET

How HARDING STREET compares

With 1,198 MW of capacity, HARDING STREET ranks 7th among the 77 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Indiana and 6th of the 19 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.9% of Indiana's operating Coal capacity and 4.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 96th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1958, it is older than 86% 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 GEORGETOWN and COVANTA INDIANAPOLIS ENERGY.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 10 generators at the site with 1,065 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,198 MW). Net generation was 3,654 GWh in 2024 (a 39% capacity factor), about 2.6 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1958 and 2016.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SOUTHWEST, about 2.7 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 734 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is EAGLE VALLEY (396 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is LightBound IND1 in Indianapolis, about 3.6 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