Gardner Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Johnson County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
39 MW
Rank in Kansas
#77
of 192 plants
In service since
1990
May 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Gardner - (KS)
- County
- Johnson County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.19%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #18 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 7281
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 20 MW | 13 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 1990 | 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
| Coffeyville | Natural gas | 44 MW |
| Flat Ridge Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 44 MW |
| El Dorado Refinery | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Chanute 3 | Natural gas | 35 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 39 MW solar plant and a 39 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