PORTSIDE ENERGY

How PORTSIDE ENERGY compares

With 76 MW of capacity, PORTSIDE ENERGY ranks 42nd among the 77 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Indiana and is the smallest of the 16 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.3% of Indiana's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 737th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1997, it is newer than 49% of the 73 operating Indiana plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Porter County with one other operating plant, ARCELORMITTAL BURNS HARBOR.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 61 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 76 MW). Net generation was 256 GWh in 2024 (a 48% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CARROLL, about 14.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by NORTHERN INDIANA PUB SERV CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 2,212 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WHITING CLEAN ENERGY (577 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 10 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) in Chicago, about 27.8 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