- Combustion
- Retired
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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- Combustion
- Retired
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Bluffton
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1947
- Net generation, 2009
- 0 MWh
- Location
- Wells County, Indiana
- Operated by
- City of Bluffton - (IN)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
- Age
- 79 years since 1947
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- January 2009
- Capacity retired
- 7 MW
- Generators retired
- 4
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1 MW | Retired | January 2009 |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1 MW | Retired | January 2009 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | Retired | January 2009 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | Retired | January 2009 |
By technology
| Technology | Retired | Scheduled to retire |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 5 MW | |
| Petroleum Liquids | 2 MW |
Grid
Not in EIA-860Grid fieldsEIA-860 states no grid voltage or transmission owner for this plant: its annual file lists plants with a generator in the report year, so a plant that retired earlier is not in it.Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
- Sorenson - Marysville 765 kV
- Magley Substation - Adams Substation 138 kV
- Sorenson - Desoto 345 kV
- Montpelier Electric Generating Station - Sorenson 345 kV
- Adams Substation - Berne Substation 138 kV
- Adams Substation - Pennville Substation 138 kV
- Magley Substation 138 kV line
- Allen - Sorenson 345 kV
- Huntington Junction - Van Buren 138 kV
- Huntington Junction - Rock Creek 138 kV
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Units 1, 2, 3, 4 scheduled to retire, 7 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- LBNL — A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024 (OEDI submission 8742)Yin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier Electric Generating Station Postponed | Gas, combustion turbine | 17.3 km | 236 |