Nameplate capacity
1,599 MW
Rank in Kansas
#2
of 192 plants
In service since
1973
June 1973
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Evergy Metro
- County
- Linn County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 7.57%
- Rank among coal plants in Kansas
- #2 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 1241
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 873 MW | 771 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 726 MW | 667 MW | 1977 | 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
| Jeffrey Energy Center | Coal | 2,160 MW |
| Wolf Creek Generating Station | Nuclear | 1,296 MW |
| Emporia Energy Center | Natural gas | 730 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 1,599 MW solar plant and a 1,599 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