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Aurora: location and 16 exact-grade projects within 25 km. Basemap: Protomaps, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Aurora
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 5% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2001
- Net generation, 2025
- 498,735 MWh
- Grid
- 345 kV, 138 kV to Commonwealth Edison Co (PJM)
- Location
- DuPage County, Illinois
- Operated by
- Aurora Generation LLC
Output
- Gas
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 25 years since 2001
- Unused energy
- 9,017 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 10,688 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
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| Grid |
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| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
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| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 5,330,425 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.052 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 10,687.9 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 498,735 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Generation LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| LS Power Development LLC | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
Nearby
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|---|---|---|---|
| EDGED CHICAGO LLC Built | Large load | 1.5 km | |
| CYRUSONE LLC × 2 units Unknown | Large load | 2.2 km | |
| Aurora 7-SLCHI307 Under construction | Solar | 4.0 km | 1.9 |
| MERIDIAN PARKWAY DATA CENTER OWNER LLC Built | Large load | 4.8 km | |
| COLOVORE LLC Built | Large load | 7.3 km | |
| ORD-02 (West Chicago data centre) Filed | Large load | 7.3 km | |
| 1454.07-IL 7 (Gevena data centre) Filed | Large load | 7.4 km | |
| CLOP CAROL STREAM IL LLC Built | Large load | 14.1 km | |
| ENSONO DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 16.8 km | |
| Glendale Heights 10-SLCHI910 Under construction | Solar | 18.1 km | 1.3 |
| KN216 Under construction | Solar | 18.2 km | 4.9 |
| 360 TCS LLC Built | Large load | 18.5 km | |
| Addison 11-SLCHI404 Under construction | Solar | 19.5 km | 1.6 |
| Internationale Ctr 11-SLCHI321 Under construction | Solar | 20.9 km | 1.8 |
| CLEARBLUE TECHNOLOGIES/OAKBROOK INC Built | Large load | 23.9 km |
Sources EPA ICIS-Air · EIA-860M · FAA OE/AAA