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Will County RNG plant reports higher production, pins downtime on compressor failures
Summary
County staff told the Finance Committee that the renewable natural gas (RNG) facility ran well in February and April but lost significant production in March after two identical compressors failed; staff said spare-part purchases and monitoring changes are planned to reduce future outages.
Will County finance committee members heard an operations and budget update on the county's renewable natural gas facility on May 6, 2025, with county project manager Greg Comperda reporting stronger production in parts of 2025 but a disruptive mechanical failure in March.
Comperda said the plant produced roughly 68,600 MBTUs in February and ran about 94.7% of the month into the pipeline; he described that month as “a great month.” He told the committee that March production fell to about 51,254 MBTUs, with runtime near 66%, after two identical vacuum/compressor motors failed and a single spare proved insufficient. April, he said, returned to near‑steady operations with runtime above 95% and an estimated gross revenue of about $1,150,000 for that month.
The update emphasized operational causes and near‑term fixes rather than policy decisions. Comperda described the March outage sequence: “one of those failed early in March. We had a spare motor. We installed it… then we lost the second unit about 6, 7 days later,” and…
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