MORRIS COGENERATION LLC

How MORRIS COGENERATION LLC compares

With 179 MW of capacity, MORRIS COGENERATION LLC ranks 49th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 24th of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.2% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 561st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1998, it is older than 52% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Grundy County with one other operating plant, DRESDEN GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 219 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 179 MW). Net generation was 598 GWh in 2024 (a 31% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1998 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is COLLINS (765 kV), about 4.3 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 13 operating power plants totaling 11,059 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 33.9 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