Power Plants Near 62973 — Perks, IL

27 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 62973 (Perks, Illinois). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 37.3113, -89.0831 · County: Pulaski

Coal 54%Natural Gas 38%Hydroelectric 8%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.9 mi	Pulaski Solar Grand Chain, IL	Solar	—	Joppa Bess Llc
20.2 mi	Shawnee West Paducah, KY	Coal	1,575 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
22.4 mi	Gage Solar Paducah, KY	Solar	—	Ggso, Llc
22.5 mi	Marion Marion, IL	Coal	249 MW	Southern Illinois Power Coop
24.3 mi	Cape Girardeau Renewable Energy Center Cape Girardeau, MO	Solar	1 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.7 mi	Viaduct Cape Girardeau, MO	Natural Gas	—	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
28.6 mi	Siuc Carbondale, IL	Coal	5 MW	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
30.4 mi	John A Logan College Solar Carterville, IL	Solar	1 MW	Rea Investments, Llc
30.9 mi	Sv Csg Corbell Carteville, IL	Solar	—	Sv Csg Corbell, Llc
31.5 mi	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Ll Marion, IL	Solar	2 MW	Sv Csg Barrass Farms Ii Llc
32.1 mi	Pps Power Plant No 1 Paducah, KY	Natural Gas	120 MW	Paducah Power System
32.1 mi	Jackson (Mo) Jackson, MO	Oil	26 MW	City Of Jackson - (Mo)
33.1 mi	Hurricane Creek Csg Carterville, IL	Solar	2 MW	Spg Il Hurricane Creek Solar Llc
33.4 mi	Sv Csg Bishop 1 Llc Herrin, IL	Solar	—	Sunvest Solar Llc
33.5 mi	Grand Tower Energy Center Llc Grand Tower, IL	Natural Gas	641 MW	Mainline Generation Llc
36.0 mi	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Clendenin A Community Solar, Llc
36.3 mi	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc Csg Herrin, IL	Solar	2 MW	Lukuc B Community Solar Llc
36.6 mi	Morley Solar Morley, MO	Solar	—	Leeward Asset Management, Llc
37.5 mi	Mayfield Solar And Storage Mayfield, KY	Solar	—	Brightnight Power
37.8 mi	Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Smithland, KY	Hydroelectric	76 MW	American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
41.1 mi	Kern A Community Solar, Llc Csg West Frankfort, IL	Solar	2 MW	Kern A Community Solar, Llc
42.1 mi	Sikeston Power Station Sikeston, MO	Coal	261 MW	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
42.1 mi	Coleman Sikeston, MO	Oil	—	City Of Sikeston - (Mo)
42.6 mi	Marshall Energy Facility Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	688 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
44.1 mi	Calvert City Calvert City, KY	Natural Gas	27 MW	Dte Calvert City Llc
45.2 mi	Scopus Solar Scopus, MO	Battery Storage	—	Vesper Energy Development Llc
49.3 mi	Kentucky Dam Grand Rivers, KY	Hydroelectric	219 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority

Power generation near this area

There are 27 power plants within 50 miles of Perks, Illinois (ZIP 62973), with a combined 3,899 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 27 nearby plants. The closest plant is Pulaski Solar at 7.9 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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