Augusta Electric Plant No 1
Natural gas power plant · Butler County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Kansas
#109
of 192 plants
In service since
1929
August 1929
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Augusta - (KS)
- County
- Butler County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #39 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1261
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.2 MW | 2.2 MW | 1956 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.2 MW | 2.2 MW | 1956 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1964 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2016 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1954 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1949 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1939 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1929 | Standby/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.
Similarly sized plants in Kansas
| Greensburg | Wind | 13 MW |
| Garnett Municipal | Other | 12 MW |
| Washington | Other | 11 MW |
| Anthony | Natural gas | 11 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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