Gordon Evans Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Sedgwick County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
378 MW
Rank in Kansas
#9
of 192 plants
In service since
1969
August 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Evergy Kansas South, Inc
- County
- Sedgwick County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.79%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #3 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1240
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 179 MW | 164 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 98 MW | 79 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 98 MW | 80 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.9 MW | 3.0 MW | 1969 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 470 MW |
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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 378 MW solar plant and a 378 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