145th largest plant in Illinois · 4995th nationally
North Ninth Street is a natural gas power plant in Illinois with a nameplate capacity of 17.4 MW. It generates roughly 1.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 145 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1096 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | North Ninth Street |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rochelle Municipal Utilities |
| City | Rochelle |
| County | Ogle County |
| State | Illinois |
| ZIP | 61068 |
| Coordinates | 41.90930, -89.04980 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.8 MW | Operating | 1967 |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1956 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 2.5 MW | Operating | 1954 |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.0 MW | Operating | 1946 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Retired | 1949 |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.0 MW | Operating | 1949 |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.3 MW | Operating | 1940 |
| SOL1 | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 0.3 MW | Operating | 2014 |
| CO₂ | 839 metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 19 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1096 lb/MWh |
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.