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Iola

Natural gas power plant · Allen County, Kansas

Nameplate capacity

29 MW

Rank in Kansas

#81

of 192 plants

In service since

1969

May 1969

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Operator: City of Iola - (KS)
County: Allen County
Generating units: 10
Share of state capacity: 0.14%
Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas: #21 of 54
EIA plant code: 1291

Generating units

Individual generating units at Iola
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
1	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine	5.0 MW	5.0 MW	1998	Operating
2	Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine	5.0 MW	5.0 MW	2000	Operating
10	Petroleum Liquids	2.7 MW	2.9 MW	1981	Operating
6	Petroleum Liquids	2.7 MW	2.9 MW	1969	Operating
7	Petroleum Liquids	2.7 MW	2.9 MW	1971	Operating
8	Petroleum Liquids	2.7 MW	2.9 MW	1976	Operating
9	Petroleum Liquids	2.7 MW	2.9 MW	1977	Operating
14	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	2020	Operating
15	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	2020	Operating
16	Petroleum Liquids	1.8 MW	1.8 MW	2021	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

Chanute 3	Natural gas	35 MW
Clay Center	Other	30 MW
East 12th Street	Natural gas	28 MW
Jameson Energy Center	Natural gas	28 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 29 MW solar plant and a 29 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