VENICE

How VENICE compares

With 586 MW of capacity, VENICE ranks 21st among the 158 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Illinois and 10th of the 50 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.9% of Illinois's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 268th-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. Its operator, UNION ELECTRIC CO - (MO), runs 5 operating plants in Illinois totaling 2,376 MW. It shares Madison County with 3 other operating plants, including GRANITE CITY WORKS and HIGHLAND.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 586 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 26.8 GWh in 2024 (a 0.5% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2002 and 2005.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SIOUX (345 kV), about 18.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 1,307 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SIOUX (1,099 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is 710 Tucker St Louis in St. Louis, about 2.4 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