Indianapolis Power & Light
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| Founded | October 1926 |
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| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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Area served
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Indianapolis metropolitan area |
| Products | Electricity |
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Number of employees
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1,500 |
| Parent | AES Corporation |
| Website | IPLpower.com |
Indianapolis Power & Light Company, also known as IPL or IPALCO, is a utility company providing electric service to the city of Indianapolis. It is a subsidiary and largest utility of AES Corporation, which acquired it in 2000.
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company and Merchant’s Heat and Light Company, merged to create IPL in October 1926. The company's present-day headquarters building on Monument Circle was built in 1935. In 1937, IPL began a rural electrification program, running power lines to many areas outside Marion County.[1] IPL provides electric service to more than 470,000 customers in a 528-square-mile (1,370 km2) service territory.
Generating Plants
The company owns and operates three coal-fired generating plants, combustion turbine, and a wind farm which gives the company a total nameplate generating capacity of 3,513 MW of power.
- Eagle Valley Generating Station is located in Martinsville, Indiana, and has a production capacity of 341 MW of power.
- Harding Street Generating Station formerly known as the Elmer W. Stout Generating Station is located on the southwest side of Indianapolis and has a production capacity of 1,196 MW of power.[2]
- Petersburg Generating Station is located near Petersburg, Indiana, and has a production capacity of 1,760 MW of power.
- Georgetown combustion turbine is located on the northwest side of Indianapolis and has a production capacity of 158 MW of power.[3]
- Hoosier Wind Farm is a joint venture between IPL and enXco, and has a namplate capacity of 160 MW of power.[4]
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