TAC-Distributed Energy Resource Hybrid
Natural gas power plant · Champaign County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
1.5 MW
Rank in Illinois
#551
of 580 plants
In service since
2017
March 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Ameren Illinois
- County
- Champaign County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #69 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 61990
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2017 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| BA | Batteries | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2017 | Operating |
| SOLAR | Solar Photovoltaic | 0.1 MW | 0.1 MW | 2017 | Operating |
| WIND | Onshore Wind Turbine | 0.1 MW | 0.1 MW | 2017 | Operating |
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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| Schmidt Huser Solar, LLC | Solar | 1.5 MW |
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| Des Plaines 7-SLCHI819 | Solar | 1.4 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 1.5 MW solar plant and a 1.5 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