Emporia Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Lyon County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
730 MW
Rank in Kansas
#4
of 192 plants
In service since
2008
June 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
- County
- Lyon County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 3.46%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #1 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 56502
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 171 MW | 166 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 171 MW | 161 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 171 MW | 166 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 54 MW | 43 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 54 MW | 44 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 54 MW | 44 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 54 MW | 44 MW | 2008 | 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
| La Cygne | Coal | 1,599 MW |
| Wolf Creek Generating Station | Nuclear | 1,296 MW |
| High Banks Wind | Wind | 643 MW |
| Lawrence Energy Center | Coal | 517 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 730 MW solar plant and a 730 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