AURORA

How AURORA compares

With 1,275 MW of capacity, AURORA ranks 11th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 2nd of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.6% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 48th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 56% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG WHOLESALE GENERATION LP, runs 2 operating plants in Illinois totaling 1,758 MW. It shares DuPage County with 2 other operating plants, GREENE VALLEY GAS RECOVERY and NALCO.

EIA-860 lists 10 generators at the site with 1,086 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,275 MW). Net generation was 355 GWh in 2024 (a 3.7% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2001 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAYNE (345 kV), about 11.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 16 operating power plants totaling 2,363 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is KENDALL COUNTY GENERATION FACILITY (1,256 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne Chicago (Lombard) in Lombard, about 10.4 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology