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EIA plant 6664

Muscatine · Louisa · IA

Louisa

Operated by MidAmerican Energy Co

Annual generation2,721,980 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUBCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Louisa?

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41.318100, -91.093100

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal811.9 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1423,884
2136,065
314,249
425,779
5152,743
6183,961
7355,378
8302,358
9263,374
10243,755.01
11228,826.01
12391,608

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1423,884
2136,065
314,249
425,779
5152,743
6183,961
7355,378
8302,358
9263,374
10243,755.01
11228,826.01
12391,608

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1423,884 MWh
2136,065 MWh
314,249 MWh
425,779 MWh
5152,743 MWh
6183,961 MWh
7355,378 MWh
8302,358 MWh
9263,374 MWh
10243,755 MWh
11228,826 MWh
12391,608 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional Steam CoalSUB811.9OP

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EIA plant ID
6664
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Wells
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (423,884 MWh) and 3 the lowest (14,249 MWh). Their difference is 409,635 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Steam Coal811.9745.6755.0175.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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