Livingston Generating Facility
Other power plant · Livingston County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
15 MW
Rank in Illinois
#159
of 580 plants
In service since
1999
December 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc
- County
- Livingston County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #12 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 55054
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landfill Gas | 5.0 MW | 3.4 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 3 | Landfill Gas | 5.0 MW | 3.4 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Landfill Gas | 5.0 MW | 3.4 MW | 2000 | 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
| Freeburg | Other | 16 MW |
| South Main Street | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Red Bud | Other | 15 MW |
| Rantoul | Other | 14 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 15 MW solar plant and a 15 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