Vinton

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine Operating

Commissioned: 1946
Net generation, 2025: -54 MWh
Grid: 69 kV to ITC Transmission (MISO)
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Operated by: City of Vinton - (IA)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

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Technology: Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
Age: 80 years since 1946

All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region MRO Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 69 Transmission owner ITC Transmission Balancing authority code MISO Balancing authority name Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Eia status	By code OP Mw 16.90 Units 6 OS Mw 0.600 Units 1 Standby mw 0 Status rule some_units_idle In service mw 17.50 Out of service mw 0.600
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	10,130
Net generation (MWh), 2025	-54
Balancing authority code	MISO

Data notes (2)

Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation -54.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: fuel burned but net generation is not positive

3 sources

Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory