Nameplate capacity
15 MW
Rank in Illinois
#160
of 580 plants
In service since
1959
March 1959
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Red Bud - (IL)
- County
- Randolph County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #13 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 959
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.0 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.8 MW | 3.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.8 MW | 3.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.4 MW | 2.2 MW | 1968 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.4 MW | 2.2 MW | 1964 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 0.9 MW | 1959 | 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
| South Main Street | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Livingston Generating Facility | Other | 15 MW |
| Rantoul | Other | 14 MW |
| Highland | 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