INGREDION ILLINOIS

How INGREDION ILLINOIS compares

With 55 MW of capacity, INGREDION ILLINOIS ranks 69th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 10th of the 12 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of Illinois's operating Coal capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 264th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1991, it is older than 66% 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 CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 55 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 220 GWh in 2024 (a 46% capacity factor), up 1% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1991 and 1996.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BEDFORD PARK (345 kV), about 3.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO, about 0.2 miles away. Another 31 operating power plants totaling 3,982 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is AURORA (1,275 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is CyrusOne Chicago (Lombard) in Lombard, about 11.7 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