55th largest plant in Illinois · 1377th nationally
Morris Cogeneration Llc is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 219 MW. It generates roughly 536.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 51,048 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 28% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (219 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Morris Cogeneration Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Morris Cogeneration Llc |
| City | Morris |
| County | Grundy County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 60450 |
| Coordinates | 41.41194, -88.33278 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.9 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| UNT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 45.3 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| UNT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 45.3 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| UNT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 45.3 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 58 metric tons |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.