City of Peru Hydro-Electric Generating S
Hydro power plant · Lasalle County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
7.6 MW
Rank in Illinois
#177
of 580 plants
In service since
1996
September 1996
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Peru - (IL)
- County
- Lasalle County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Illinois
- #2 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 68750
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| HC2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| HC3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| HC4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.9 MW | 1.7 MW | 1996 | 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
| IMEA Flora | Other | 9.0 MW |
| Agriwind | Wind | 8.4 MW |
| Altamont | Other | 7.2 MW |
| Hoffer Plastics | Natural gas | 7.2 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 7.6 MW solar plant and a 7.6 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