Goose Creek Energy Center

OperatingNatural Gas

Ranked #11 of 70 Natural Gas plants in IL#329 of 2009 nationally

684 MW Natural Gas operating in Piatt, IL — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAWD

684 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

Technology

2003

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

40.1069, -88.5999

County

Piatt, IL

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Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Union Electric Co - (MO)	—	—
Owner(s)	Union Electric Co - (MO)	—	—
Status	Operating	—	—

Ownership Chain

No GEM tracker match for this plant — ownership chain unavailable.

About

Goose Creek Energy Center is a 684 megawatt natural gas fired power station located in Goose Creek township, Piatt County, Illinois between Lodge, Illinois and De Land, Illinois. Previously owned by Aquila Piatt County Power, purchased by AmerenUE in 2006.

Read more on Wikipedia

Goose Creek Energy Center is a 684 MW natural gas-fired power plant located in Piatt County, Illinois. The plant began operating in 2003 and consists of six natural gas-fired combustion turbine generators. Union Electric Co - (MO) is the plant's operator. Goose Creek Energy Center is connected to the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. balancing authority and resides within the SERC NERC region. The plant ranks as the 11th largest in Illinois out of 32 plants and 332nd nationally out of 945 plants.

The latest available annual generation data indicates an output of 763 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 0.0%. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $368.36 per kW, according to FERC filings.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

SERC

Balancing Authority

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

Grid Voltage

345 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Investor-Owned Utility

Sector

Electric Utility

Generation

0 MWh

Latest Month

763 MWh

Annual Generation

0.0%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial DataBeta

Source: FERC Form 1HIGH

$351/kW

Installed Cost

$2238.1/MWh

Operating Cost

UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY

Reporting Utility

Annual Capital & Operating Expenses

Cumulative Installed Cost

Per-Unit Cost Trends

Pricing & Market Data

HIGH confidence

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

MISO

LMP Node

AMMO.GOOSEGEN1

Pricing Hub

ILLINOIS.HUB

Location Type

Generation Node

Node Source

EIA-860 direct report

News & Articles (10)Beta

Industry·corporate

Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks

Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers...

Google (operator)

NPR·5 months ago

General

NORTH AMERICAN POWER PLANT - AIR EMISSIONS

No, Plant Name, Country, State /Province, Primary Fuel, Electricity Generation (MWh), Emission Rate (kg/MW-h), Total Emissions

Commission for Environmental Cooperation·1 years ago

Industry·technology

A Look At Google's Newest Data Center

A photo of Google's data center in Goose Creek, South Carolina. On Monday we got a look at Microsoft's "hangar bay" for data center containers inside its...

Google (operator)Microsoft (operator)

Data Center Knowledge·1 years ago