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Lincoln Generating Facility

Natural gas power plant · Will County, Illinois

Nameplate capacity
692 MW
Rank in Illinois
#19
of 580 plants
In service since
2000
June 2000

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Lincoln Generating Facility LLC
County
Will County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
1.31%
Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
#9 of 72
EIA plant code
55222

Generating units

Individual generating units at Lincoln Generating Facility
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CTG1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW77 MW2000Operating
CTG7Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW78 MW2000Operating
CTG8Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine87 MW79 MW2000Operating

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

Holland Energy FacilityNatural gas702 MW
Lee Energy FacilityNatural gas692 MW
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Nelson Energy CenterNatural gas628 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 692 MW solar plant and a 692 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