How big is Nelson Energy Center?

Nelson Energy Center has a reported capacity of 627.5 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.

What kind of plant is Nelson Energy Center?

Nelson Energy Center is a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle facility in Lee County, IL, participating in the PJM market.

Where is Nelson Energy Center located?

Nelson Energy Center is in Lee County, IL, inside the PJM balancing area.

Who operates Nelson Energy Center?

Nelson Energy Center is operated by Invenergy Services LLC according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Nelson Energy Center generate?

Nelson Energy Center reported 3,204.2 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Nelson Energy Center compare to other plants?

By capacity, Nelson Energy Center ranks #224 of 538 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #5 of 8 in IL.

Nelson Energy Center — 628 MW gas plant, Lee County, IL

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Overview

Nameplate capacity: 627.5 MW
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
Registry anchor: Plant 55183
plant-55183

Structured profile

Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator: Invenergy Services LLC

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Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
CT1	181.9 MW 168 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2015	Operating
CT2	179.4 MW 168 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	May 2015	Operating
ST1	133.1 MW 125 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	May 2015	Operating
ST2	133.1 MW 125 MW summer

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 627.5 MW
National rank: #224
IL rank: #5

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

3.2 TWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Dec 2024

EIA-923 monthly filing

2024 capacity factor

58.1%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Grid and market context

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Nearby substations

HIFLD infrastructure inventory

UNKNOWN122194

IN SERVICE · 345 kV

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NELSON

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.

Transactions and agreements

Construction Restart

2013

Invenergy resumed construction on the 600 MW natural-gas combined-cycle project after nine years.

Invenergy Nelson LLC · Invenergy Services LLC

invenergy.com

Commercial Operation

May 18, 2015

Invenergy Clean Power LLC announced the start of commercial operation of Nelson Energy Center, a 600 MW natural-gas combined-cycle power plant. The facility uses GE 7FA gas turbines and GE steam turbines.

Invenergy Clean Power LLC · WPPI Energy

invenergy.com

Expansion Commercial Operation

2023

Invenergy completed a 380 MW expansion at the Nelson Energy Center site. This expansion is separately identified in FERC records as plant code 60387 under Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC.

Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC

invenergy.com

Adjacent Project Commercial Operation

Mar 2025

Clean-hydrogen project at Nelson site begins commercial operations. The hydrogen facility generates clean energy from a nearby solar facility, as announced in 2022.

Invenergy · Sauk Valley

invenergy.com

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Timeline and sources

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Project timeline

2013
2013
Construction Resumedinvenergy.c...
Invenergy resumed construction on the 600 MW natural-gas combined-cycle project after nine years.
Dec 12, 2013
Dec 12, 2013
Project Financing Completed

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Invenergy Services LLC

Entity 49893

Operating portfolio

63 plants

22 states

Reported capacity

11,679.4 MW

Batteries · Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Lackawanna Energy Center	1,498.5 MW	PA
Grays Harbor Energy Facility	714.9 MW	WA
Nelson Energy CenterCurrent	627.5 MW	IL
Hardee Power Station	470.1 MW	FL
Spindle Hill Energy Center	420 MW	CO
Invenergy Nelson Expansion LLC	380 MW	IL
Cannon Falls Energy Center	346.8 MW	MN
Delilah Solar Energy II LLC	310 MW	TX

Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.

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Nelson Energy Center

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Project timeline

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