Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Kansas
#163
of 192 plants
In service since
2001
July 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Herington - (KS)
- County
- Dickinson County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #37 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1283
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4B | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.5 MW | 2001 | 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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| Prairie Horizon Agri Energy | Natural gas | 1.7 MW |
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| Waste Water Plant Generator | Other | 1.6 MW |
| Corvias - Fort Riley II | Solar | 1.3 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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