Crete Energy Venture LLC
Natural gas power plant · Will County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
356 MW
Rank in Illinois
#34
of 580 plants
In service since
2002
May 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Crete Energy Venture LLC
- County
- Will County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.68%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #22 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 55253
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 75 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 75 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 75 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 75 MW | 2002 | 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
| Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC | Natural gas | 380 MW |
| Pinckneyville | Natural gas | 380 MW |
| University Park South | Natural gas | 353 MW |
| Archer Daniels Midland Decatur | Coal | 335 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 356 MW solar plant and a 356 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