Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Illinois
#192
of 580 plants
In service since
2002
June 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Springfield - (IL)
- County
- Sangamon County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #31 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 964
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| D2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| D3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.7 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
| City of Peru Rail Generating Station | Other | 5.4 MW |
| Flora Site A | Other | 5.4 MW |
| SIUC | Coal | 5.1 MW |
| State Farm | Other | 5.1 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 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