Power plant · Indiana, United States

Wabash River Power Plant

Wabash River Power Plant is a closed coal power plant in Indiana, United States, with 868 MW of capacity, operated by Duke Energy Indiana, LLC.

Grid connection

It closed in 2016, which freed up an 868 MW grid connection at 230 kV to the grid of Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, unless it has been reassigned since.

Retiring power plants in the United States

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Indiana	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1953	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
End year	2016	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Duke Energy Indiana, LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	868 MW (nameplate of its retired generators)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Steam Coal	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Duke Energy Indiana, LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	230 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	39.5300, -87.4247	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Wabash River is the 10th-largest of 28 power plants in Indiana and the 394th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 868 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Indiana	10th of 28	24,829 MW	3.5%
United States	394th of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	609th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

1953Started operating
2016Retired

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 mines (3 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Boral Bricks Terre Haute In	Mine	—	Operating	25 km
Mustang Mine	Mine	—	Closed	25 km
Brick Craft, LLC	Mine	—	Closed	31 km

Operator, grid operator and place

Duke Energy Indiana, LLCOperator
Duke Energy Indiana, LLCGrid operator
Power plants in Indiana, United States54
Power plants in the United States1,844
Coal power plants in the US189
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Other power plants in Indiana

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Rockport2,600 MW
AES Petersburg1,350 MW
Clifty Creek1,304 MW
Lawrenceburg Power, LLC1,232 MW
Cayuga1,185 MW
R M Schahfer1,105 MW
Merom1,080 MW

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Data on this page

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