Nameplate capacity
30 MW
Rank in Kansas
#80
of 192 plants
In service since
1948
January 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Clay Center - (KS)
- County
- Clay County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #3 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1270
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC6 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.8 MW | 6.8 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| IC3 | Petroleum Liquids | 5.1 MW | 5.0 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| IC4 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| IC5 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| IC2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.1 MW | 2.0 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| IC1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1958 | 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 Kansas
| El Dorado Refinery | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Chanute 3 | Natural gas | 35 MW |
| Iola | Natural gas | 29 MW |
| East 12th Street | Natural gas | 28 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 30 MW solar plant and a 30 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