Red Bud

Power plant · Oil

Key facts

Power plant · Oil Operating

Commissioned: 1959
Net generation, 2025: 262 MWh
Grid: 69 kV to City of Red Bud - (IL) (MISO)
Location: Randolph County, Illinois
Operated by: City of Red Bud - (IL)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

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Technology: Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age: 67 years since 1959
Unused energy: 131 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: 9,557 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region SERC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 69 Transmission owner City of Red Bud - (IL) Balancing authority code MISO Balancing authority name Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Eia status	By code OP Mw 13.90 Units 5 SB Mw 1.10 Units 1 Standby mw 1.10 Status rule some_units_idle In service mw 15 Out of service mw 0
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	2,504
Capacity factor, 2025	0.002
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	9,557.3
Net generation (MWh), 2025	262
Balancing authority code	MISO

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Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory