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Illinois electricity production by type This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Illinois , sorted by type and name. In 2022, Illinois had a total summer capacity of 44,163 MW and a net generation of 185,223 GWh through all of its power plants. [ 2 ]
Kincaid was commissioned by Commonwealth Edison in 1967 as a thermal generator of baseload electricity. The cost of building the plant was $100 million. The first unit, originally nameplated at 625 MW, began generating revenue power in June 1967; a parallel second unit went online in June 1968. [3]
On December 17, 2012, Edison Mission Energy – parent company of Midwest Generation, and operator of numerous power plants in Illinois and other states – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said it had been challenged by depressed energy prices and high fuel costs affecting its coal-fired plants, combined with pending ...
LaSalle's Unit 1 and Unit 2 together produce 2,320 megawatts, which is enough electricity for the needs of 2.3 million American homes. [1] Instead of cooling towers , the station has a 2,058-acre (833 ha) man-made cooling lake, which is also a popular fishery — LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area — managed by the Illinois Department ...
Actual USA utility scale electricity generation [7] in 2022 was 4230.723 terawatt-hours (TWh) and was up 134.883 TWh (3.29%) from 2021. The USA also imported 56.97 TWh and exported 15.758 TWh:[16] making a total of 4271.88 TWh for consumption, up 114.78 TWh (2.78%) from 2021. Electricity generation was primarily from the following sources:
Braidwood Generating Station is located in Will County in northeastern Illinois, U.S. The nuclear power plant serves Chicago and northern Illinois with electricity. The plant was originally built by Commonwealth Edison company, and subsequently transferred to Com Ed's parent company, Exelon Corporation. Following Exelon's spin-off of their ...
The consequences of continued operation include saving 4,200 jobs and the annual generation of 22 billion kWhs of CO 2-free energy. [ 3 ] The surrounding 14,300 acres (58 km 2 ) site and adjacent 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ) cooling reservoir, Clinton Lake , is owned by the operator, but hosts the Clinton Lake State Recreation Area and is open to ...
The Byron Clean Energy Center is a nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Rock River.The reactor buildings were constructed by Commonwealth Edison and house two Westinghouse Four-Loop [2] pressurized water reactors, Unit 1 and Unit 2, which began operation in September 1985 and August 1987 respectively.