Power plant · Illinois, United States
Joliet 29 Power Plant
Joliet 29 Power Plant is a closed gas power plant in Illinois, United States, with 1,320 MW of capacity, operated by Midwest Generations EME LLC.
Grid connection
It closed in 2023, which freed up a 1,320 MW grid connection at 345 kV to the grid of Commonwealth Edison Co, unless it has been reassigned since.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Illinois | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1965 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2023 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Midwest Generations EME LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,320 MW (nameplate of its retired generators) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Commonwealth Edison Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 345 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 41.4946, -88.1238 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Joliet 29 is the 8th-largest of 39 power plants in Illinois and the 184th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 1,320 MW is 0.14% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 8th of 39 | 40,106 MW | 3.3% |
| United States | 184th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants in our data | 279th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 27 data centers, 3 mines and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romeo Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 17 km |
| Datacenter (386) | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Argonne NL Polaris | AI supercomputer | 706 H100e | Operating | 28 km |
| Lincoln Rackhouse | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Centersquare Lisle ORD4 Data Center | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Vultr Chicago Cluster | AI supercomputer | 3,964 H100e | Operating | 34 km |
| McCook Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 43 km |
| Thornton Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 43 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Midwest Generations EME LLC
- Powerton1,786 MW
- Will County1,269 MW
- Joliet 9508 MW
- Waukegan112 MW
Other power plants in Illinois
- Braidwood Generation Station2,450 MW
- Byron Generating Station2,450 MW
- LaSalle Generating Station2,340 MW
- Dresden Generating Station2,019 MW
- Quad Cities Generating Station2,019 MW
- Powerton1,786 MW
- Prairie State Generating Station1,766 MW
- Kincaid Generation LLC1,319 MW
Data on this page
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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