Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in Kansas
#100
of 192 plants
In service since
1970
January 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)
- County
- Thomas County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #32 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1225
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 13 MW | 1970 | 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
| Goodland | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Larned | Other | 16 MW |
| Pratt 2 | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Russell Downtown | Natural gas | 16 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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