Summary of Electricity Activity in Illinois

Summary of Illinois Generation

Illinois is ranked #5 out of 51 U.S. states and territories in terms of total annual net electricity generation.

GridInfo.com electricity generation data is aggregated from Jan 2001 to Apr 2025.

Companies on File376
Plants on File616
Total Generation14.83G MMBtu
Total Sales 9.66G kWh
Total Revenue $1.29B

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Overall National Rank

#5 /51 U.S. States

In Net Annual Generation

Overall Annual Net Geneneration

187.2 TWh

Total Annual Fuel Consumption

1.9 G MMBtu

Electric Companies in Illinois

376

Illinois
Power Plants

616

Natural Gas Rank

#18

Coal Rank

#8

Nuclear Rank

#1

Hydroelectric Rank

#46

Wind Rank

#5

Solar Rank

#10

Monthly Net Generation for Illinois

Electricity Sales Distribution

Electricity Sales, Price, and Revenue Breakdown

SalesPrice (Avg)Revenue
Residential2.84G kWh18.32 cents/kWh$519.43M
Commercial3.43G kWh12.78 cents/kWh$438.92M
Industrial3.34G kWh9.81 cents/kWh$327.86M
Transportation46.23M kWh9.04 cents/kWh$4.18M
Total9.66G kWh13.36 cents/kWh$1.29B

Production by Source

Largest 24 Power Plants in Illinois

RankPlantUtilityLocationAnnual GenerationInitial Operation DateLast UpdateFuel Types
#22Archer Daniels Midland DecaturArcher Daniels Midland CoDecatur, Illinois750.3 GWhMar 1987Apr 2025 Bituminous Coal : 60.0% Subbituminous Coal : 39.8%
#9Baldwin Energy ComplexDynegy Midwest Generation IncBaldwin, Illinois6.8 TWhJun 1970Apr 2025 Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
#23Big Sky Wind LLCBig Sky Wind LLCOhio, Illinois730.9 GWhJan 2011Dec 2024 Wind
#21Blooming Grove Wind Energy CenterInvenergy Services LLCChenoa, Illinois866.1 GWhNov 2020Apr 2025 Wind
#1Braidwood Generation StationConstellation NuclearBraceville, Illinois20.0 TWhJun 1988Apr 2025 Nuclear
#3Byron Generating StationConstellation NuclearByron, Illinois19.2 TWhAug 1985Apr 2025 Nuclear
#7Clinton Power StationConstellation NuclearClinton, Illinois9.6 TWhOct 1987Apr 2025 Nuclear
#17Cordova EnergyCordova Energy Co LLCCordova, Illinois1.2 TWhMay 2001Dec 2024 Natural Gas
#10CPV Three Rivers Energy CenterCPV Three Rivers, LLCMorris, Illinois6.1 TWhMay 2023Apr 2025 Natural Gas
#5Dresden Generating StationConstellation NuclearMorris, Illinois15.3 TWhJul 1970Apr 2025 Nuclear
#16Holland Energy FacilityNAES Corporation - (WA)Beecher City, Illinois2.2 TWhAug 2002Mar 2025 Natural Gas
#8Jackson Generation, LLCJackson Generation, LLCElwood, Illinois7.5 TWhApr 2022Apr 2025 Natural Gas
#11Kendall County Generation FacilityDynegy Kendall Energy LLCMinooka, Illinois5.2 TWhFeb 2002Apr 2025 Natural Gas
#15Kincaid Generation LLCDynegy Kincaid GenerationKincaid, Illinois2.6 TWhMay 1967Apr 2025 Subbituminous Coal : 99.5% Natural Gas : 0.5%
#2LaSalle Generating StationConstellation NuclearMarseilles, Illinois19.6 TWhDec 1983Apr 2025 Nuclear
#18Lincoln Land WindLincoln Land Wind, LLCTBD, Illinois1.1 TWhOct 2021Apr 2025 Wind
#12Nelson Energy CenterInvenergy Services LLCRock Falls, Illinois3.2 TWhApr 2015Dec 2024 Natural Gas
#13NewtonIllinois Power Generating CoNewton, Illinois3.1 TWhOct 1977Apr 2025 Subbituminous Coal : 99.9%
#14PowertonMidwest Generations EME LLCPekin, Illinois2.9 TWhAug 1972Apr 2025 Subbituminous Coal : 99.7%
#6Prairie State Generating StationPrairie State Generating Co LLCMarissa, Illinois11.3 TWhMay 2012Apr 2025 Bituminous Coal : 99.8%
#4Quad Cities Generating StationConstellation NuclearCordova, Illinois15.4 TWhNov 1972Apr 2025 Nuclear
#19Radfords Run Wind FarmBig Sky Wind, LLCMaroa, Illinois1.0 TWhNov 2017Apr 2025 Wind
#20Sapphire Sky Wind Energy LLCInvenergy Services LLCFarmer City, Illinois976.0 GWhNov 2021Apr 2025 Wind
#24Walnut Ridge Wind FarmBHE Renewables, LLCSheffield, Illinois728.4 GWhNov 2018Apr 2025 Wind

Electricity Generation by Illinois Counties

State RankCounty# Power PlantsNet Generation
Past 12 Months
Net Generation
from Natural Gas
Net Generation
from Wind
Net Generation
from Solar
Net Generation
from Nuclear
#74Adams County, IL22.2 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh2.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#62Boone County, IL38.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh8.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#75Brown County, IL11.3 GWh0.0 Wh1.3 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#18Bureau County, IL92.2 TWh433.3 MWh2.1 TWh37.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#72Carroll County, IL13.0 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh3.0 GWh0.0 Wh
#52Cass County, IL479.9 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh79.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#43Champaign County, IL12258.5 GWh205.5 GWh106.0 MWh47.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#14Christian County, IL72.6 TWh13.8 GWh0.0 Wh2.4 GWh0.0 Wh
#42Clark County, IL3296.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh296.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#48Clay County, IL7165.9 GWh-941.0 MWh0.0 Wh166.8 GWh0.0 Wh
#60Clinton County, IL611.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh10.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#39Coles County, IL4364.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh364.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#34Cook County, IL77471.4 GWh419.6 GWh0.0 Wh26.6 GWh0.0 Wh
#7De Witt County, IL410.1 TWh0.0 Wh577.6 GWh0.0 Wh9.6 TWh
#28DeKalb County, IL15683.9 GWh0.0 Wh643.5 GWh41.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#27Douglas County, IL2723.1 GWh0.0 Wh723.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#35DuPage County, IL25466.1 GWh441.9 GWh0.0 Wh1.7 GWh0.0 Wh
#78Effingham County, IL156.0 MWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#44Fayette County, IL3230.7 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh230.7 GWh0.0 Wh
#24Ford County, IL31.1 TWh0.0 Wh1.1 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#69Franklin County, IL13.8 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh3.8 GWh0.0 Wh
#70Fulton County, IL33.8 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh3.8 GWh0.0 Wh
#2Grundy County, IL1022.0 TWh6.7 TWh0.0 Wh4.1 GWh15.3 TWh
#73Henderson County, IL12.8 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh2.8 GWh0.0 Wh
#20Henry County, IL61.7 TWh-3.6 MWh1.7 TWh1.8 GWh0.0 Wh
#25Iroquois County, IL3816.8 GWh0.0 Wh812.8 GWh4.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#63Jackson County, IL27.2 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#13Jasper County, IL23.1 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#67Jefferson County, IL14.3 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh4.3 GWh0.0 Wh
#50Jersey County, IL186.2 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh86.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#64Jo Daviess County, IL46.9 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh6.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#53Kane County, IL1469.9 GWh23.4 GWh0.0 Wh11.5 GWh0.0 Wh
#29Kankakee County, IL17665.4 GWh9.1 GWh618.3 GWh38.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#10Kendall County, IL35.2 TWh5.2 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#66Knox County, IL44.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh4.4 GWh0.0 Wh
#37Lake County, IL8398.2 GWh399.0 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#3LaSalle County, IL2020.6 TWh0.0 Wh946.8 GWh45.7 GWh19.6 TWh
#9Lee County, IL125.8 TWh4.0 TWh1.8 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#15Livingston County, IL132.4 TWh0.0 Wh2.3 TWh4.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#21Logan County, IL61.5 TWh0.0 Wh1.3 TWh154.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#19Macon County, IL52.1 TWh302.2 GWh1.0 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#61Macoupin County, IL310.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh10.4 GWh0.0 Wh
#33Madison County, IL9485.0 GWh257.3 GWh0.0 Wh4.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#68Marion County, IL34.2 GWh3.1 GWh0.0 Wh970.0 MWh0.0 Wh
#41Marshall County, IL5346.0 GWh0.0 Wh323.2 GWh22.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#22Mason County, IL41.3 TWh0.0 Wh1.3 TWh30.6 GWh0.0 Wh
#31McDonough County, IL5533.0 GWh0.0 Wh526.0 GWh6.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#58McHenry County, IL1933.9 GWh8.5 GWh0.0 Wh26.0 GWh0.0 Wh
#11McLean County, IL143.2 TWh0.0 Wh3.2 TWh4.5 GWh0.0 Wh
#76Monroe County, IL2491.0 MWh338.3 MWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#59Montgomery County, IL225.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh25.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#45Morgan County, IL8218.9 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh218.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#77Moultrie County, IL1207.0 MWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#4Ogle County, IL1219.3 TWh1.3 GWh0.0 Wh11.0 GWh19.2 TWh
#49Peoria County, IL790.9 GWh78.7 GWh0.0 Wh12.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#40Perry County, IL3354.1 GWh79.8 GWh0.0 Wh274.3 GWh0.0 Wh
#47Piatt County, IL2173.2 GWh763.0 MWh172.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#55Pike County, IL456.6 GWh0.0 Wh56.5 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#71Putnam County, IL33.7 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh3.7 GWh0.0 Wh
#8Randolph County, IL56.8 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh43.5 GWh0.0 Wh
#65Richland County, IL14.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh4.4 GWh0.0 Wh
#5Rock Island County, IL716.6 TWh1.2 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh15.4 TWh
#51Saline County, IL182.5 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh82.5 GWh0.0 Wh
#17Sangamon County, IL102.2 TWh54.6 GWh1.1 TWh380.6 GWh0.0 Wh
#57Scott County, IL138.7 GWh38.7 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#16Shelby County, IL32.4 TWh2.4 TWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#6St. Clair County, IL711.3 TWh42.6 GWh0.0 Wh16.0 GWh0.0 Wh
#36Stark County, IL1406.4 GWh0.0 Wh406.4 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh
#32Stephenson County, IL26521.7 GWh39.0 GWh258.0 GWh224.7 GWh0.0 Wh
#12Tazewell County, IL93.2 TWh8.2 GWh278.1 GWh136.0 MWh0.0 Wh
#23Vermilion County, IL91.2 TWh69.3 GWh1.1 TWh14.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#54Warren County, IL157.0 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh57.0 GWh0.0 Wh
#38White County, IL4395.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh394.9 GWh0.0 Wh
#56Whiteside County, IL1745.8 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh36.1 GWh0.0 Wh
#1Will County, IL4028.3 TWh8.0 TWh0.0 Wh28.0 GWh20.0 TWh
#26Williamson County, IL7740.0 GWh104.1 GWh0.0 Wh18.2 GWh0.0 Wh
#46Winnebago County, IL23186.8 GWh146.4 GWh0.0 Wh27.5 GWh0.0 Wh
#30Woodford County, IL3651.1 GWh0.0 Wh651.1 GWh0.0 Wh0.0 Wh

Top 20 Electricity Producing Cities in Illinois

Electricity Generation for Neighboring States

National RankStateNet Generation# Power Plants
#6Alabama144.2 TWh115
#26Arkansas62.2 TWh150
#8Georgia141.5 TWh339
#16Indiana101.9 TWh281
#20Iowa72.7 TWh353
#27Kansas60.7 TWh220
#23Kentucky70.0 TWh98
#11Michigan128.8 TWh387
#28Minnesota59.5 TWh909
#19Mississippi75.5 TWh103
#22Missouri70.9 TWh184
#38Nebraska37.5 TWh153
#7Ohio143.3 TWh309
#18Oklahoma93.3 TWh179
#3Pennsylvania246.2 TWh384
#15South Carolina103.7 TWh304
#21Tennessee71.9 TWh137
#13Virginia104.5 TWh341
#31West Virginia51.8 TWh66
#24Wisconsin65.7 TWh329

* Net Generation data is based on the last 12 months since Apr 2025