Power plant · Iowa, United States

Burlington (IA) Power Plant

Burlington (IA) Power Plant is a gas power plant in Iowa, United States, with 291 MW of capacity, owned by Interstate Power and Light Co.

Grid connection

79 MW of its 291 MW is due to retire in 2030, which frees up that much of its grid connection at 161 kV to the grid of ITC Midwest LLC.

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	Iowa	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1968	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Interstate Power and Light Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Interstate Power and Light Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	291 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	ITC Midwest LLC	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	161 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Planned retirement	2030 (78.8 MW retiring, 4 units, planned retirement reported to eia)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	40.7412, -91.1167	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Burlington (IA) is the 13th-largest of 19 power plants in Iowa and the 883rd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 291 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
Iowa	13th of 19	9,232 MW	3.1%
United States	883rd of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	1,643rd of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 mine, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Sperry Mine	Mine	—	Operating	28 km

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