# Lincoln Generating Facility

PJM Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/lincoln-generating-facility

Lincoln Generating Facility is a natural gas-fired power facility with 692 MW of EIA-reported nameplate capacity in Will County, Illinois, registered as EIA Plant ID 55222. The facility interconnects at COMED at 354 kV.
COMED · 354 kV · Commonwealth Edison Co (ComEd).

## Key facts

- Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Power capacity: 692 MW
- Operating status: operating

## Grid and market context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Interconnection voltage: 354 kV

## Source-backed facts

- Owner logo domain: earthriseenergy.com — Main Home — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Owner logo domain: earthriseenergy.com — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"55222","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"50094","system":"EIA utility/operator ID"},{"value":"PJM","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"CTG-1","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"CTG-2","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"CTG8","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"EL23-59","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 1","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 2","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 3","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"COMED","system":"PJM zone"}] — Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for Sources... · confidence: medium
- Identifiers: [{"value":"55222","system":"EIA plant ID"},{"value":"50094","system":"EIA utility/operator ID"},{"value":"PJM","system":"ISO/RTO"},{"value":"CTG-1","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"CTG-2","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"CTG8","system":"Generator/unit ID"},{"value":"EL23-59","system":"FERC docket"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 1","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 2","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"LINCOLN CT 3","system":"PJM market resource"},{"value":"COMED","system":"PJM zone"}] — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Description: Lincoln Generating Facility is an operating natural-gas power plant in Will County, Illinois. It has eight generating units totaling 692 MW of nameplate capacity, and its first unit entered service on June 1, 2000. The facility participates in PJM, and Earthrise Energy acquired it in September 2022. — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.2: {"value":"PJM","system":"ISO/RTO"} — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: high
- Identifiers.3: {"value":"CTG-1","system":"Generator/unit ID"} — Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for Sources... · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.4: {"value":"CTG-2","system":"Generator/unit ID"} — Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for Sources... · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.5: {"value":"CTG8","system":"Generator/unit ID"} — Lincoln Generating Facility - Global Energy Monitor · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.7: {"value":"LINCOLN CT 1","system":"PJM market resource"} — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.8: {"value":"LINCOLN CT 2","system":"PJM market resource"} — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.9: {"value":"LINCOLN CT 3","system":"PJM market resource"} — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Identifiers.10: {"value":"COMED","system":"PJM zone"} — Sheet1 · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / parent operator","name":"Earthrise Energy","official_url":"https://earthriseenergy.com/"} — Main Home — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / parent operator","name":"Earthrise Energy","official_url":"https://earthriseenergy.com/"} — Two Illinois Gas Power Plants Acquired by Public Benefit... · confidence: medium
- Parties.3: {"relationship":"Former owner / seller","name":"Eastern Generation","official_url":null} — Two Illinois Gas Power Plants Acquired by Public Benefit... · confidence: medium
- Product url: https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Manufacturer domain: gevernova.com — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Product family: 7E.03 — 7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova · confidence: medium
- Description: Lincoln Generating Facility is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant at 27150 S. Kankakee Street in Manhattan, Will County, Illinois. The EIA plant record identifies eight generating units totaling 692 MW of nameplate capacity, while Earthrise’s portfolio page reports 656 MW. Earthrise Energy acquired the facility from Eastern Generation, an ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate, in September 2022; CAMS personnel operate it on Earthrise’s behalf. The facility was developed in a single phase and commissioned in June 2000, with GE Power identified as the turbine supplier. — Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Description: Lincoln Generating Facility is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant at 27150 S. Kankakee Street in Manhattan, Will County, Illinois. The EIA plant record identifies eight generating units totaling 692 MW of nameplate capacity, while Earthrise’s portfolio page reports 656 MW. Earthrise Energy acquired the facility from Eastern Generation, an ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate, in September 2022; CAMS personnel operate it on Earthrise’s behalf. The facility was developed in a single phase and commissioned in June 2000, with GE Power identified as the turbine supplier. — Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US · confidence: medium
- Description: Lincoln Generating Facility is an operating natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion-turbine plant at 27150 S. Kankakee Street in Manhattan, Will County, Illinois. The EIA plant record identifies eight generating units totaling 692 MW of nameplate capacity, while Earthrise’s portfolio page reports 656 MW. Earthrise Energy acquired the facility from Eastern Generation, an ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate, in September 2022; CAMS personnel operate it on Earthrise’s behalf. The facility was developed in a single phase and commissioned in June 2000, with GE Power identified as the turbine supplier. — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["Capacity reporting is inconsistent: the EIA-identified plant record reports 692 MW and eight units, while Earthrise’s portfolio and operating materials report 656 MW; this directory uses 692 MW for EIA plant 55222.","The public project records identify GE Power as turbine supplier but do not identify an EPC contractor or original developer. No Lincoln-specific purchase-price allocation, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is disclosed in the cited records."] — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes: ["Capacity reporting is inconsistent: the EIA-identified plant record reports 692 MW and eight units, while Earthrise’s portfolio and operating materials report 656 MW; this directory uses 692 MW for EIA plant 55222.","The public project records identify GE Power as turbine supplier but do not identify an EPC contractor or original developer. No Lincoln-specific purchase-price allocation, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is disclosed in the cited records."] — Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: Capacity reporting is inconsistent: the EIA-identified plant record reports 692 MW and eight units, while Earthrise’s portfolio and operating materials report 656 MW; this directory uses 692 MW for EIA plant 55222. — Two Illinois Gas Power Plants Acquired by Public Benefit Corporation Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.0: Capacity reporting is inconsistent: the EIA-identified plant record reports 692 MW and eight units, while Earthrise’s portfolio and operating materials report 656 MW; this directory uses 692 MW for EIA plant 55222. — Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: The public project records identify GE Power as turbine supplier but do not identify an EPC contractor or original developer. No Lincoln-specific purchase-price allocation, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is disclosed in the cited records. — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Quality notes.1: The public project records identify GE Power as turbine supplier but do not identify an EPC contractor or original developer. No Lincoln-specific purchase-price allocation, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is disclosed in the cited records. — Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US · confidence: medium
- Timeline.0: {"event":"Commissioning and first unit operation","date":"2000-06-01","detail":"The facility was developed in a single phase and commissioned in June 2000; the first unit is reported online on June 1, 2000."} — Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US · confidence: medium
- Timeline.3: {"event":"Acquisition by Earthrise Energy","date":"2022-09-06","detail":"Earthrise Energy acquired Lincoln Generating Facility from Eastern Generation. Earthrise’s official portfolio page identifies the acquisition month as September 2022."} — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Timeline.5: {"event":"Ongoing operation under Earthrise ownership","date":"2024-02-22","detail":"Earthrise reported that CAMS employees operated the natural-gas peaker on its behalf and that the facility continued providing peak-demand grid reliability services."} — Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / acquirer / parent operator","name":"Earthrise Energy","detail":"Acquired Lincoln Generating Facility from Eastern Generation in September 2022 and owns and operates a portfolio of Illinois natural-gas peaking plants.","official_url":"https://earthriseenergy.com/"} — Lincoln Generating Facility — Earthrise Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.0: {"relationship":"Owner / acquirer / parent operator","name":"Earthrise Energy","detail":"Acquired Lincoln Generating Facility from Eastern Generation in September 2022 and owns and operates a portfolio of Illinois natural-gas peaking plants.","official_url":"https://earthriseenergy.com/"} — Main Home — Earthrise Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.2: {"relationship":"Operations and asset-management contractor","name":"Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS)","detail":"CAMS employees operate Lincoln Generating Facility on behalf of Earthrise Energy.","official_url":"https://camstex.com/"} — Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.4: {"relationship":"Sponsor and controlling investment platform of former owner","name":"ArcLight Capital Partners","detail":"Controlled Eastern Generation through ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI when Eastern Generation acquired the portfolio containing Lincoln in 2015.","official_url":"https://arclight.com/"} — Home - arclight · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.5: {"relationship":"Prior portfolio seller","name":"Tenaska Capital Management","detail":"Affiliates of Tenaska Capital Management sold the 4.8 GW portfolio, including Lincoln, to Eastern Generation in December 2015.","official_url":"https://www.tenaska.com/"} — Tenaska: Home · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.10: {"relationship":"Debt financing participant","name":"Norddeutsche Landesbank–Girozentrale (NORD/LB)","detail":"Named as a leading financial institution participating in Earthrise’s December 2022 portfolio debt financing.","official_url":"https://www.nordlb.com/"} — NORD/LB - Creating true value.: NORD/LB · confidence: high
- Commercial parties.11: {"relationship":"Debt financing participant","name":"Associated Bank, N.A.","detail":"Participated in Earthrise’s more than $250 million December 2022 financing for business expansion and acquisition of five natural-gas peaking plants.","official_url":"https://www.associatedbank.com/"} — Associated Bank · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.12: {"relationship":"Debt financing participant","name":"Cadence Bank","detail":"Participated in Earthrise’s December 2022 portfolio-level debt financing.","official_url":null} — Cadence Bank is now Huntington Bank · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.14: {"relationship":"Equity investor","name":"Vision Ridge Partners","detail":"Earthrise identified Vision Ridge Partners as a sustainable-real-assets investor whose prior equity investments supported its initial acquisition and financing program.","official_url":"https://vision-ridge.com/"} — Earthrise Energy Secures More Than $250 Million in Debt Financing — Earthrise Energy · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.14: {"relationship":"Equity investor","name":"Vision Ridge Partners","detail":"Earthrise identified Vision Ridge Partners as a sustainable-real-assets investor whose prior equity investments supported its initial acquisition and financing program.","official_url":"https://vision-ridge.com/"} — Vision Ridge Partners - Home · confidence: medium
- Commercial parties.15: {"relationship":"Turbine supplier","name":"GE Power","detail":"Identified as the supplier of eight 7E.03 gas turbines, each reported at 86.5 MW nameplate capacity.","official_url":null} — Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US · confidence: medium
- Acquisition detail: Earthrise Energy acquired the Lincoln Generating Facility from Eastern Generation in September 2022 as part of a portfolio transaction that also included the Crete generating facility. — Source · confidence: medium
- Seller: Eastern Generation — Source · confidence: high
- Acquirer: Earthrise Energy — Source · confidence: high
- Transaction scope: portfolio_includes_asset — Source · confidence: high
- Balancing authority: PJM — Lincoln Generating Facility · confidence: high
- Resource type: Gas Combustion Turbine — Sheet1 · confidence: high

## Timeline

- 2022-12-20 — Portfolio debt financing
  Earthrise announced more than $250 million of debt financing used to expand its business and acquire five natural-gas peaking plants, including Lincoln Generating Facility.
  Source: Earthrise Energy Secures More Than $250 Million in Debt Financing — Earthrise Energy (https://earthriseenergy.com/2022/12/20/earthrise-energy-secures-more-than-250-million-in-debt-financing/)
- 2024-02-22 — Ongoing operation under Earthrise ownership
  Earthrise reported that CAMS employees operated the natural-gas peaker on its behalf and that the facility continued providing peak-demand grid reliability services.
  Source: Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy (https://earthriseenergy.com/2024/02/22/earthrise-lincoln-generating-facility-earns-osha-vpp-recertification/)

## Sources

- [Main Home — Earthrise Energy](https://earthriseenergy.com/) — earthriseenergy.com · tier other
- [Lincoln Generating Facility](https://earthriseenergy.com/portfolio-item/lincoln-generating-facility/) — earthriseenergy.com · tier other
- [Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for Sources ...](https://epa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/epa/topics/ceja/documents/CEJA-GHG-Report-Final.pdf) — epa.illinois.gov · tier regulatory
- [Sheet1](https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2025-2026/2025-2026-rpm-existing-resource-list-post.xlsx) — pjm.com · tier other
- [Two Illinois Gas Power Plants Acquired by Public Benefit Corporation Earthrise Energy](https://www.powermag.com/two-illinois-gas-power-plants-acquired-by-public-benefit-corporation-earthrise-energy/) — powermag.com · tier other
- [Lincoln Generating Facility - Global Energy Monitor](https://www.gem.wiki/Lincoln_Generating_Facility) — gem.wiki · tier other
- [Power plant profile: Lincoln Generating Facility, US](https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-lincoln-generating-facility-us/) — power-technology.com · tier other
- [7E Gas Turbine (7E.03) | GE Vernova](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7e) — gevernova.com · tier other
- [Earthrise Energy’s Lincoln Generating Facility Celebrates 21 Years as VPP Star Site with Recertification in OSHA Safety Program — Earthrise Energy](https://earthriseenergy.com/2024/02/22/earthrise-lincoln-generating-facility-earns-osha-vpp-recertification/) — earthriseenergy.com · tier other
- [Earthrise Energy Secures More Than $250 Million in Debt Financing — Earthrise Energy](https://earthriseenergy.com/2022/12/20/earthrise-energy-secures-more-than-250-million-in-debt-financing/) — earthriseenergy.com · tier other
- [Home - arclight](https://arclight.com/) — arclight.com · tier other
- [Tenaska: Home](https://www.tenaska.com/) — tenaska.com · tier other
- [NORD/LB - Creating true value.: NORD/LB](https://www.nordlb.com/) — nordlb.com · tier other
- [Associated Bank](https://www.associatedbank.com/) — associatedbank.com · tier other
- [Cadence Bank is now Huntington Bank](https://www.huntington.com/landing-pages/cadencebank) — huntington.com · tier other
- [Vision Ridge Partners - Home](https://vision-ridge.com/) — vision-ridge.com · tier other
- [Source](https://powermag.com/two-illinois-gas-power-plants-acquired-by-public-benefit-corporation-earthrise-energy) — powermag.com · tier other
- [Source](https://earthriseenergy.com/portfolio-item/lincoln-generating-facility) — earthriseenergy.com · tier other

## Data quality

- Capacity reporting is inconsistent: the EIA-identified plant record reports 692 MW and eight units, while Earthrise’s portfolio and operating materials report 656 MW; this directory uses 692 MW for EIA plant 55222. The public project records identify GE Power as turbine supplier but do not identify an EPC contractor or original developer. No Lincoln-specific purchase-price allocation, expansion, retirement, or repowering milestone is disclosed in the cited records.

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