FISK STREET

How FISK STREET compares

With 289 MW of capacity, FISK STREET ranks 35th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 7th of the 12 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.8% of Illinois's operating Coal capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 192nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1968, it is older than 84% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MIDWEST GENERATIONS EME LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Illinois totaling 2,074 MW. It shares Cook County with 19 other operating plants, including ELGIN ENERGY CENTER and CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 260 MW of nameplate capacity. The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-0.609 GWh).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BEDFORD PARK (345 kV), about 8.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO, about 0.1 miles away. Another 24 operating power plants totaling 1,692 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 1.8 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