Prairies Edge Generating FacilityRetired
Jasper County, Indiana · EIA plant ID 58129 · Operator: Prairies Edge Dairy Farms LLC
×1 MW natural gas retired since 2020 (latest Jun 2022)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online—
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.2 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1.6 | — | — |
| 2014 | 7.1 | — | — |
| 2015 | 7.1 | — | — |
| 2016 | 7.5 | 106.7% | 12,667 |
| 2017 | 8.2 | 117.0% | 15,244 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 78.5% | 15,273 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 86.7% | 27,918 |
| 2020 | 2 | 27.8% | 9,863 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 1.1 | 0.8 | Dec 2011 | Retired Jun 2022 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Prairies Edge Dairy Farms LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Herrema Dairy | retired | 5.1 km |
| Bos Dairy, LLC | 1 MW | 8.7 km |
| Rensselaer Solar Site 2 | 4 MW | 18.2 km |
| Rensselaer City Light Plant | retired | 18.6 km |
| IMPA Rensselaer Solar Park | 1 MW | 19.2 km |
| Jasper County Solar Project | 60 MW | 19.5 km |