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Other power plant · Cook County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Illinois
#187
of 580 plants
In service since
2010
March 2010
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Auth
- County
- Cook County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #26 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 55067
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2010 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2010 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2010 | 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
| Charter Dura-Bar | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
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| Casey City of | Other | 5.4 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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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