UA Central Utility Plant
Natural gas power plant · Washington County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
5.6 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#68
of 122 plants
In service since
2016
February 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- University Of Arkansas
- County
- Washington County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Arkansas
- #17 of 18
- EIA plant code
- 60536
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRBN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.6 MW | 5.2 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| Municipal Light | Other | 7.2 MW |
| General Dynamics | Battery storage | 7.0 MW |
| Branch Solar Farm | Solar | 5.0 MW |
| Hindsville | Solar | 5.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 5.6 MW solar plant and a 5.6 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates