UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COGEN FACILITY

How UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COGEN FACILITY compares

With 60 MW of capacity, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COGEN FACILITY ranks 68th among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 30th of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.4% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 775th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1993, it is older than 60% of the 150 operating Illinois plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, runs 2 operating plants in Illinois totaling 145 MW. It shares Cook County with 19 other operating plants, including ELGIN ENERGY CENTER and CALUMET ENERGY TEAM LLC.

EIA-860 lists 10 generators at the site with 60 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas internal combustion engine technology. Net generation was 104 GWh in 2024 (a 20% capacity factor), up 13% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1993 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BEDFORD PARK (345 kV), about 9.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO, about 1.2 miles away. Another 24 operating power plants totaling 1,921 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 Level(3) Chicago (Canal) in Chicago, about 1.1 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