ELWOOD ENERGY LLC

How ELWOOD ENERGY LLC compares

With 1,728 MW of capacity, ELWOOD ENERGY LLC ranks 9th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and is the largest of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 23rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1999, it is newer than 47% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Will County with 8 other operating plants, including BRAIDWOOD GENERATION STATION and LINCOLN GENERATING FACILITY.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 1,728 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 217 GWh in 2024 (a 1.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1999 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ELWOOD (345 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 7,547 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BRAIDWOOD GENERATION STATION (2,450 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne Chicago (Lombard) in Lombard, about 28.5 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