6725 N. 500th Street Newton, IL 62448, Illinois
83 workers · Closure · filed May 4, 2026
A WARN notice is filed with the state before a plant closing or a mass layoff, under the federal WARN Act or a state law like it. Workers is the number the employer said would be affected; plans can change after filing. Data sources
- Company
- Vistra Corp.
- Workers
- 83 workers
- Kind
- Closure
- Notice date
- May 4, 2026
- Location
- 6725 N. 500th Street Newton, IL 62448
- State
- Illinois
- Notice
- il-a4e24642cf2b0772
As published
- Location Name
- Vistra Corp.
- Doing Business As Name
- Newton Power Plant
- Location Address
- 6725 N. 500th Street
- Location City
- Newton
- Location State
- IL
- Location Zipcode
- 62448
- County
- Jasper County
- LWIA #
- 23
- LWIA
- 23 - CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation
- Layoff Type
- State
- WARN Notice
- True
- Trade
- No
- Causes
- Other, Poor Economy
- Reason
- Plant Closure
- Status
- Active
- Report Source
- Company Notification
- Industry
- Utilities
- NAICS Codes
- 221112 - Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation
- IEBS Id
- 20260507002
- Approximate Total # of Full-Time Employees
- 83
- Expected Layoff
- 83
- Revised Layoff
- 83
- Initial Date Reported
- 2026-05-04 00:00:00
- Last Report Date
- 2026-05-04 00:00:00
- Notification Date(s)
- 5/4/2026
- Unions Involved
- True
- Has public layoff assistance web page
- Yes
From the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's WARN list, row 323, read Oct 3, 2026; first seen here Oct 3, 2026. Read with Big Local News's warn-scraper and warn-transformer.