Nameplate capacity
19 MW
Rank in Kansas
#98
of 192 plants
In service since
1939
March 1939
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Goodland - (KS)
- County
- Sherman County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #31 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1280
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 5.0 MW | 4.6 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 11 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 4.3 MW | 3.5 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.2 MW | 1.8 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.2 MW | 1.8 MW | 1966 | Operating |
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 13 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.1 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 12 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 0.8 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1939 | 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
| Ottawa | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Kingman Municipal Power and Light Plant | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Larned | Other | 16 MW |
| Colby | 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 19 MW solar plant and a 19 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