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Baldwin Energy Complex — Power plant · Coal · Dynegy Midwest Generation IncBee Hollow Solar, LLC — Solar · IL · 150 MW · 16.0 km away
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Baldwin Energy Complex

Power plant · Coal

Key facts

Power plant · Coalran 59% of 2025 Retiring
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1970
Net generation, 2025
6,509,621 MWh
Grid
345 kV to Ameren Illinois Company (MISO)
Location
Randolph County, Illinois

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Biomass and waste
  • Unspecified fuel

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Vistra Corp

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Technology
Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age
56 years since 1970
Heat rate
10,675 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Vistra Corp
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001322
Unit ids
G100000100475, G100000100476, G100000100477
Location id
L100000103853
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110011697075
Subparts reported
C, D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1007302
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202569,491,144
Capacity factor, 20250.590
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202510,675.1
Net generation (MWh), 20256,509,621.0
Balancing authority codeMISO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Capacity retired
634.5 MW
Generators retired
1
Next scheduled retirement
December 2027
Capacity scheduled to retire
1,259.6 MW
Generators scheduled to retire
2
Share of in-service capacity scheduled
100%
Capacity still in service
1,259.6 MW
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
3Conventional Steam Coal634.5 MWRetiredAugust 2020
1Conventional Steam Coal625.1 MWScheduled to retireDecember 2027
2Conventional Steam Coal634.5 MWScheduled to retireDecember 2027

Grid

EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).
Grid voltage at the plant
345 kV
Transmission or distribution system owner
Ameren Illinois Company
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
NERC region
SERC
Transmission lines within 25 km (10)
Can the connection be reused?

A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc Operator EIA-860M
Vistra Corp Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Units 1, 2 scheduled to retire, 1,259.6 MW · EIA-860M
  • Stated Unit 3 scheduled to retire, 634.5 MW · EIA-860M
  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · LBNL · 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

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Bee Hollow Solar, LLC Under construction Solar 16.0 km 150

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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