Ingredion Incorporated
Natural gas power plant · Cook County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
55 MW
Rank in Illinois
#126
of 580 plants
In service since
1991
May 1991
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Ingredion Inc - Illinois
- County
- Cook County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #38 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 54556
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGO1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 23 MW | 21 MW | 1991 | Operating |
| TGO2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 23 MW | 21 MW | 1991 | Operating |
| TG03 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.8 MW | 4.4 MW | 1996 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| TG04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.8 MW | 4.4 MW | 1996 | 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
| Primient Decatur Plant Cogen | Natural gas | 65 MW |
| University of Illinois Cogen Facility | Natural gas | 60 MW |
| Panther Creek Wind Project | Wind | 54 MW |
| Newton Solar BESS LLC | Solar | 54 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 55 MW solar plant and a 55 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