Power Plants Near 62473 — Watson, IL

38 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62473 (Watson, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9906, -88.5584 · County: Effingham

Natural Gas 61%Solar 19%Coal 19%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.9 mi	Altamont Altamont, IL	Oil	7 MW	City Of Altamont - (Il)
15.4 mi	Conagra Foods At St. Elmo St. Elmo, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
15.5 mi	Newton Newton, IL	Coal	617 MW	Illinois Power Generating Co
15.5 mi	Newton Solar Bess Llc Newton, IL	Solar	—	Vistra Corp
16.7 mi	Maple Flats Louisville, IL	Solar	250 MW	Invenergy Services Llc
16.8 mi	Clay Fc Louisville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clay Fc, Llc
17.9 mi	Freedom Power Project St. Elmo, IL	Natural Gas	71 MW	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc - (Il)
19.3 mi	Holland Energy Facility Beecher City, IL	Natural Gas	702 MW	Naes Corporation - (Wa)
20.1 mi	Raccoon Creek Energy Center Flora, IL	Natural Gas	456 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
20.4 mi	Shelby Energy County Neoga, IL	Natural Gas	483 MW	Shelby County Energy Center, Llc
22.4 mi	Flora Site B Flora, IL	Oil	4 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
22.8 mi	Flora Site A Flora, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Flora - (Il)
23.0 mi	Imea Flora Flora, IL	Oil	9 MW	Illinois Municipal Elec Agency
23.7 mi	Flora Solar Tbd, IL	Solar	—	Flora Solar, Llc
28.7 mi	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc Herrick, IL	Solar	99 MW	Dressor Plains Solar, Llc
29.1 mi	Kinmundy Patoka, IL	Natural Gas	270 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
29.7 mi	Olney Solar Ii Csg Olney, IL	Solar	2 MW	Olney Solar Ii, Llc
33.7 mi	Crooked Creek Pv I Salem, IL	Solar	—	Crooked Creek Pv I, Llc
37.4 mi	Cooks Mill Pv I Matoon, IL	Solar	—	Cooks Mill Pv I, Llc
37.5 mi	Casey City Of Casey, IL	Oil	5 MW	City Of Casey - (Il)
38.5 mi	Marion Solar 2 Sandoval, IL	Solar	1 MW	Pivot Energy
39.2 mi	Marion Solar 4b Llc Sandoval, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
42.0 mi	Sullivan (Il) Sullivan, IL	Oil	25 MW	City Of Sullivan - (Il)
42.2 mi	Sandoval Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sandoval Holdco, Llc
42.8 mi	Ruby Solar, Llc Shattuc, IL	Solar	—	Birch Creek Development
44.3 mi	The Gsi Group Llc At Assumption Assumption, IL	Solar	2 MW	Luminace Solar Illinois 2, Llc
45.1 mi	Coffeen Solar Bess Coffeen, IL	Solar	46 MW	Vistra Corp
45.6 mi	Coffeen Coffeen, IL	Coal	—	Illinois Power Generating Co
45.8 mi	Prairie Oak Solar Assumption, IL	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
46.1 mi	Clinton Solar 2 Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
46.1 mi	Clinton Solar 2b Centralia, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
47.1 mi	Coles Wind Charleston, IL	Wind	—	Coles Wind, Llc
47.2 mi	Clinton Solar 4b Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Pivot Energy
47.3 mi	Clinton Solar 4 Llc Csg Carlyle, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clinton Solar 4 Llc
47.9 mi	Marlow Solar, Llc Csg Bluford, IL	Solar	2 MW	Marlow Solar, Llc
49.0 mi	Anacott Hillsboro, IL	Solar	—	Generate Capital
49.1 mi	Triple S Solar I Llc Kansas, IL	Solar	—	Aes Clean Energy
49.5 mi	Prairie Wolf Solar Llc Ashmore Township, IL	Solar	200 MW	National Grid Renewables

Power generation near this area

There are 38 power plants within 50 miles of Watson, Illinois (ZIP 62473), with a combined 3,273 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 24 of the 38 nearby plants. The closest plant is Altamont at 11.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Illinois, visit the Illinois state page.

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