# Greene County, Indiana: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Stockton Township, Linton and Richland Township Greene County is not a build-out site today. It feels the boom through the grid it shares, the utilities that serve it and the work nearby. Greene County is home to Stockton Township, Linton, Richland Township and Wright Township. Next door, Sullivan County has 964 MW of planned generation. Construction employs 269, down 5.9% since 2019. 5 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Its power plants have 248 MW of capacity, 97% of it natural gas. 248 MW of operating power plants, mostly natural gas +0.8% total jobs since 2019, now 6,457 12.75¢ per kWh for Duke Energy Indiana, LLC residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Greene County Greene County is home to Stockton Township, Linton, Richland Township and Wright Township. Stockton Township8,254 residents Linton5,245 residents Richland Township4,714 residents Wright Township3,567 residents Center Township3,262 residents Beech Creek Township2,429 residents Bloomfield2,306 residents Jasonville1,952 residents Jefferson Township1,933 residents Jackson Township1,844 residents Worthington1,403 residents Taylor Township1,123 residents Washington Township1,017 residents Highland Township748 residents Grant Township685 residents Lyons638 residents Fairplay Township507 residents Stafford Township426 residents Smith Township365 residents Cass Township291 residents Switz City273 residents Newberry160 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Owensburg, Scotland. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Greene County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Indiana | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 30,803 | 31,165 | ▲ 1.2% | 53rd of 92 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 6,405 | 6,457 | ▲ 0.8% | 45th of 92 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $35,236 | $46,940 | ▲ 33.2% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 286 | 269 | ▼ 5.9% | 64th of 68 by growth | | Electric utility jobs (2019 → 2025) | 67 | 72 | ▲ 7.5% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.8% | 3.5% | ▼ 0.3pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 5 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Duke Energy Indiana, LLC is the largest utility serving Greene County, one of 6 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 12.75¢/kWh in 2024, below the 14.63¢ median for Indiana utilities. Employers here counted 6,457 jobs in 2025, up 0.8% from 2019. Unemployment was 3.5% in August 2026, against 3.8% in 2019. 31,165 people live here, up 1.2% since 2020. ## Who powers Greene County ### Utilities with service territory in Greene County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | Bundled | 796,265 | 12.75¢ | 31% | | AES Indiana | Investor Owned | Bundled | 469,499 | 13.75¢ | 14% | | Utilities Dist-Western IN REMC | Cooperative | Bundled | 18,898 | 16.10¢ | 13% | | Western Indiana Energy REMC | Cooperative | Bundled | 15,017 | 14.39¢ | 19% | | Daviess Martin County R E M C | Cooperative | Bundled | 7,975 | 15.15¢ | 8% | | City of Linton - (IN) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 242 MW | 97% | | Solar | 6 MW | 3% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Worthington Generation LLC | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc | Natural gas | 242 MW | 2000 | | Linton | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 5 MW | 2022 | | Scotland Solar RES | Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc | Solar | 1 MW | 2015 | ## The Greene County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 6,457 | $46,940 | 1.00 | | Construction | 269 | $53,598 | 0.79 | | Electric utilities | 72 | $115,286 | 4.12 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Greene County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Greene County. Indiana has 40 local measures on record statewide, and 1 neighboring county has one: [Owen County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/owen-county). ## Greene County and its neighbors Of the 8 counties that border Greene County, Sullivan County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Greene County | 31,165 | ▲ 0.8% | 248 MW | — | — | — | | Clay County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/clay-county) | 26,410 | ▼ 0.3% | 9 MW | — | — | — | | Daviess County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/daviess-county) | 34,209 | ▲ 8.5% | 14 MW | — | — | — | | Knox County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/knox-county) | 35,652 | ▼ 3.0% | 1,463 MW | — | — | — | | Lawrence County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/lawrence-county) | 45,568 | ▲ 1.6% | 403 MW | — | — | — | | Martin County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/martin-county) | 9,856 | ▲ 4.9% | 22 MW | — | — | — | | Monroe County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/monroe-county) | 143,345 | ▲ 5.3% | 1 MW | — | 2 | — | | Owen County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/owen-county) | 21,886 | ▲ 2.4% | — | — | — | 1 | | Sullivan County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/sullivan-county) | 20,831 | ▼ 2.2% | 1,548 MW | 964 MW | — | — | ## More of Indiana [All Indiana countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana)[Monroe County143,345 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/monroe-county)[Lawrence County45,568 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/lawrence-county)[Knox County35,652 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/knox-county)[Daviess County34,209 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/daviess-county)[Clay County26,410 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/clay-county) ## Greene County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Greene County, Indiana? 6 utilities have service territory in Greene County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, AES Indiana, Utilities Dist-Western IN REMC, Western Indiana Energy REMC. The largest, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, charged residential customers 12.75¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Greene County? 3 operating plants with 248 MW of capacity. The largest is Worthington Generation LLC (242 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Greene County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Greene County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Sullivan County. ### Is Greene County adding jobs? Employers counted 6,457 jobs in 2025 against 6,405 in 2019 (+0.8%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 286 to 269. ### Does Greene County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Greene County. Indiana has 40 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/greene-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).