UNIVERSITY PARK NORTH

How UNIVERSITY PARK NORTH compares

With 540 MW of capacity, UNIVERSITY PARK NORTH ranks 22nd among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 11th of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.6% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 303rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 62% 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 ELWOOD ENERGY LLC.

EIA-860 lists 12 generators at the site with 726 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 540 MW). Net generation was 124 GWh in 2024 (a 1.9% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is EAST FRANKFORT (345 kV), about 5.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 22 operating power plants totaling 4,734 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ELWOOD ENERGY LLC (1,728 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty CHI (350 E Cermak) in Chicago, about 29.2 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