Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in Kansas
#116
of 192 plants
In service since
1955
September 1955
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Girard - (KS)
- County
- Crawford County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #12 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1279
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.7 MW | 3.4 MW | 1997 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.2 MW | 1997 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.2 MW | 1.8 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.1 MW | 1955 | 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
| Hoisington | Natural gas | 11 MW |
| Baldwin City Plant No 2 | Natural gas | 11 MW |
| Burlington (KS) | Natural gas | 10 MW |
| Sterling | Other | 10 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 11 MW solar plant and a 11 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