Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Illinois
#167
of 580 plants
In service since
1964
August 1964
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Carlyle - (IL)
- County
- Clinton County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #19 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 936
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.8 MW | 2.8 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1964 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Illinois
| Industrial Park | Other | 13 MW |
| North Chicago Energy Center | Natural gas | 12 MW |
| Farmer City | Natural gas | 11 MW |
| Bushnell | Other | 11 MW |
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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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