Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in Illinois
#169
of 580 plants
In service since
1940
June 1940
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Bushnell - (IL)
- County
- McDonough County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #20 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 935
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.2 MW | 2.2 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.2 MW | 2.2 MW | 1965 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 1940 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 11 MW solar plant and a 11 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates