# Benton County Wind Farm

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/benton-county-wind-farm

Benton County Wind Farm LLC - Benton County - MISO

Benton County Wind Farm is an 87-turbine onshore wind project near Earl Park in northern Benton County, Indiana, built with 1.5 MW GE turbines for a combined nameplate capacity of 130.5 MW. It began commercial operation in 2008 as Indiana's first utility-scale wind farm, and its output settles into the MISO market. The project is owned by Benton County Wind Farm LLC, an entity backed by subsidiaries of Orion Energy Group and other investors, with Orion Energy Group managing day-to-day operations. In 2018 the wind farm's ownership sued Duke Energy Indiana in federal court, alleging the utility had breached that contract by curtailing the farm's dispatch into MISO and cutting its revenue. EIA-860 shows all generating capacity still in operating status with no scheduled retirement.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 130.5 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 56679 — plant-56679

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine

## Related parties

- **Owner:** Benton County Wind Farm LLC — Project asset owner
- **Developer:** Vision Energy, LLC — Co-developer ([source](http://vision-energy.org/))
- **Offtaker / power marketer:** Duke Energy Indiana — Power purchaser under the primary PPA ([source](https://www.duke-energy.com/))
- **Acquirer:** BP Alternative Energy — Acquirer of Orion Energy, LLC (parent-company transaction only)
- **Regulator:** Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission — State utility regulator ([source](https://www.in.gov/iurc))

## Sources

- [vision-energy.org](http://vision-energy.org/) — vision-energy.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_County_Wind_Farm) — en.wikipedia.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [bentoncounty.in.gov](https://www.bentoncounty.in.gov/earl-park) — bentoncounty.in.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/benton-county-wind-farm
Website: [Benton County Wind Farm LLC (an Orion Energy Group affiliate)](https://orionrenewables.com)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/