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Chanute 2

Natural gas power plant · Neosho County, Kansas

Nameplate capacity
64 MW
Rank in Kansas
#71
of 192 plants
In service since
1965
August 1965

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
City of Chanute
County
Neosho County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.30%
Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
#15 of 54
EIA plant code
1268

Generating units

Individual generating units at Chanute 2
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
14Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine60 MW42 MW2002Operating
7Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.0 MW2.0 MW1965Operating
8Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.0 MW2.0 MW1965Operating

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 64 MW solar plant and a 64 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