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Interstate — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · City of Springfield - (IL)CENTRAL COMPUTING FACILITY, CMS — Large load · IL · 6.3 km awayPrairie Energy — Coal · IL · 91 MW · 21.0 km awaySangamon Wind Two LLC — Wind · IL · 100 MW · 23.5 km awayILL060-Sangamon-Atchison — Solar · IL · 2 MW · 24.9 km away
  • Combustion
  • Wind & solar
  • Loads
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • Size not stated
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 5% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1997
Net generation, 2025
57,526 MWh
Grid
138 kV to City of Springfield - (IL) (MISO)
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
29 years since 1997
Unused energy
1,157 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
12,483 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Grid
Nerc region
SERC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
138
Transmission owner
City of Springfield - (IL)
Balancing authority code
MISO
Balancing authority name
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110063747879
Subparts reported
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
1001122
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025718,079
Capacity factor, 20250.047
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202512,482.7
Net generation (MWh), 202557,526.0
Balancing authority codeMISO

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
City of Springfield - (IL) Operator EIA-860M
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
CENTRAL COMPUTING FACILITY, CMS Built Large load 6.3 km
Prairie Energy Postponed Coal 21.0 km 91
Sangamon Wind Two LLC Postponed Wind 23.5 km 100
ILL060-Sangamon-Atchison Under construction Solar 24.9 km 2