University of Illinois Abbott Power Plt
Natural gas power plant · Champaign County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
80 MW
Rank in Illinois
#114
of 580 plants
In service since
1940
November 1940
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- University of Illinois
- County
- Champaign County
- Generating units
- 11
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Illinois
- #34 of 72
- EIA plant code
- 54780
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| T9 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| T11 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| T10 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 7.8 MW | 7.8 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| T6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 7.5 MW | 7.5 MW | 1959 | Operating |
| T7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 7.5 MW | 7.5 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| T12 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 7.0 MW | 7.0 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| T1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| T2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| T3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| T4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1951 | Operating |
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
| Bennington Wind | Wind | 93 MW |
| Bishop Hill II Wind Farm | Wind | 81 MW |
| GSG LLC | Wind | 80 MW |
| Lone Tree Wind, LLC | Wind | 79 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 80 MW solar plant and a 80 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