Nalco

Natural gas power plant · DuPage County, Illinois

Nameplate capacity
4.7 MW
Rank in Illinois
#246
of 580 plants
In service since
1985
November 1985

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Nalco Co
County
DuPage County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
#56 of 72
EIA plant code
50326

Generating units

Individual generating units at Nalco
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
AT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle4.0 MW3.0 MW1985Operating
DPOXNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle0.7 MW0.7 MW1985Out 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.

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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 4.7 MW solar plant and a 4.7 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