MPH Elwood
Natural gas power plant · Will County, Illinois · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- —
- County
- Will County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.73%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #19 of 69
- EIA plant code
- 69979
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 192 MW | 150 MW | 2001 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GT9 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 192 MW | 150 MW | 2001 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Raccoon Creek Energy Center | Natural gas | 456 MW |
| MRP Rocky Road LLC | Natural gas | 416 MW |
| Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC | Natural gas | 380 MW |
| Pinckneyville | Natural gas | 380 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 384 MW solar plant and a 384 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