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Power plant · Coal Operating

Commissioned: 1998
Net generation, 2025: 8,978 MWh
Grid: 34 kV to Ameren Illinois Company (MISO)
Location: Jackson County, Illinois
Operated by: Southern Illinois University CarbondaleSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2011 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2011 to 2026

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Technology: Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age: 28 years since 1998
Unused energy: 36 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.

All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region SERC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 34.50 Transmission owner Ameren Illinois Company Balancing authority code MISO Balancing authority name Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Eia status	By code OP Mw 3.50 Units 1 SB Mw 1.60 Units 1 Standby mw 1.60 Status rule some_units_idle In service mw 5.10 Out of service mw 0
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	910,932
Capacity factor, 2025	0.201
Net generation (MWh), 2025	8,978
Balancing authority code	MISO

Data notes (1)

Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: computed 101462.7 outside 5000-30000 Btu/kWh

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Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
Project	Kind	Away	MW
SV CSG Corbell Under construction	Solar	14.8 km	2
Murphysboro 1 Permitted	Solar	15.1 km	5
Murphysboro 2 Permitted	Solar	15.1 km	1.3
Big Muddy Solar Under construction	Solar	18.1 km	95

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