Nameplate capacity
7.5 MW
Rank in Kansas
#126
of 192 plants
In service since
1962
November 1962
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of La Crosse - (KS)
- County
- Rush County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #17 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1297
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1964 | 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
| Ellinwood | Natural gas | 8.5 MW |
| Meade | Natural gas | 8.2 MW |
| Osborne | Other | 7.1 MW |
| Kansas River Project | Hydro | 7.0 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 7.5 MW solar plant and a 7.5 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