Tilton

Natural gas power plant · Vermilion County, Illinois

Nameplate capacity
188 MW
Rank in Illinois
#71
of 580 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Tilton Energy LLC
County
Vermilion County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.36%
Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
#30 of 72
EIA plant code
7760

Generating units

Individual generating units at Tilton
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine47 MW46 MW1999Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine47 MW46 MW1999Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine47 MW46 MW1999Operating
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine47 MW46 MW1999Operating

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 188 MW solar plant and a 188 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