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Ashland

Other power plant · Clark County, Kansas

Nameplate capacity
5.6 MW
Rank in Kansas
#137
of 192 plants
In service since
1953
September 1953

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Ashland - (KS)
County
Clark County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among other plants in Kansas
#25 of 40
EIA plant code
1259

Generating units

Individual generating units at Ashland
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4BPetroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.8 MW2014Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
3Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.1 MW1963Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.9 MW0.7 MW1974Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
5Petroleum Liquids0.9 MW0.7 MW1971Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine0.6 MW0.6 MW1953Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 Kansas power plants · What Kansas actually generates