City of Peru Rail Generating Station
Other power plant · Lasalle County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Illinois
#190
of 580 plants
In service since
2011
September 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Peru - (IL)
- County
- Lasalle County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #29 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 68751
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 17 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 2011 | 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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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