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Coffeen

Power plant · Coal

Key facts

Power plant · Coalran 30% of 2019 Retired
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1965
Net generation, 2019
2,682,390 MWh
Grid
345 kV to Ameren Illinois Company (MISO)
Location
Montgomery County, Illinois

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2019
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2019
  • Coal
  • Oil
  • Biomass and waste

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Vistra Energy

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Technology
Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age
61 years since 1965
All 3 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Vistra Corp
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001322
Unit ids
G100000101641, G100000101642
Location id
L100000103854
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000500501
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1006889
Balancing authority codeMISO

Retirement

EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.
Retired
November 2019
Capacity retired
1,005.4 MW
Generators retired
2
GeneratorTechnologyNameplateStateDate
1Conventional Steam Coal388.9 MWRetiredNovember 2019
2Conventional Steam Coal616.5 MWRetiredNovember 2019

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
Illinois Power Generating Co Operator EIA-860M
Vistra Energy Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • Stated Units 1, 2 scheduled to retire, 1,005.4 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

Every source and license · Attribution

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Horseshoe Solar Project, LLC Under construction Solar 10.4 km 5
Bluestar Solar Project, LLC Under construction Solar 11.0 km 5
McCray Solar 1, LLC Under construction Solar 18.5 km 5
PIKE Solar Under construction Solar 23.1 km 18

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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