CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 313 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Cook County
- Operator
- IPA OPERATIONS INC - CALUMET
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2002
- EIA plant ID
- 55296
- Generators
- 2
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 5.1 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 0.2%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 41.6838, -87.5564
CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC, a 313 MW Natural Gas power plant in Cook County, Illinois. Operated by IPA OPERATIONS INC - CALUMET, commissioned 2002.
How CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC compares
With 313 MW of capacity, CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC ranks 33rd among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 20th of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.1% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 444th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 62% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Cook County with 19 other operating plants, including ELGIN ENERGY CENTER and FISK STREET.
EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 313 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 5.1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.2% capacity factor).
Grid neighborhood
The nearest named substation is CARROLL, about 7.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 27 operating power plants totaling 3,115 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WHITING CLEAN ENERGY (577 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) in Chicago, about 12.2 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
Weather peril exposure
CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC is a 313 MW natural gas power plant in Cook County, IL, operated by IPA OPERATIONS INC - CALUMET, commissioned in 2002. Cook County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 1.8 of 5 at the 21st national percentile. Riverine flooding is the leading peril, rated Very High by FEMA at the 75th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Cook County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverine flooding | Very High | 75th | 4.0 of 5 | 5.9 |
| Heat wave | Very High | 65th | 3.6 of 5 | 2.9 |
| Earthquake | Relatively High | 61st | 3.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Tornado | Very High | 59th | 3.4 of 5 | 1.0 |
| Winter weather | Very High | 40th | 2.6 of 5 | 14.6 |
| Hail | Relatively High | 35th | 2.4 of 5 | 4.0 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 31st | 2.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Very High | 27th | 2.1 of 5 | 0.58 |
| Lightning | Very High | 6th | 1.2 of 5 | 41.5 |
| Strong wind | Very High | 5th | 1.2 of 5 | 5.7 |
| Coastal flooding | Relatively Low | 4th | 1.2 of 5 | 0.01 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 1st | 1.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Cook County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.