Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in Illinois
#164
of 580 plants
In service since
1948
December 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Carmi - (IL)
- County
- White County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #17 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 937
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Petroleum Liquids | 4.4 MW | 4.3 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 12 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.9 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.2 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 14 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1948 | Operating |
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
| Highland | Other | 14 MW |
| City of Peru Plank Road Generating Station | Other | 14 MW |
| Industrial Park | Other | 13 MW |
| North Chicago Energy Center | Natural gas | 12 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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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