Lawrence Energy Center
Coal power plant · Douglas County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
517 MW
Rank in Kansas
#6
of 192 plants
In service since
1960
March 1960
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
- County
- Douglas County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 2.45%
- Rank among coal plants in Kansas
- #3 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 1250
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 403 MW | 382 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 114 MW | 109 MW | 1960 | 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
| Emporia Energy Center | Natural gas | 730 MW |
| High Banks Wind | Wind | 643 MW |
| Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 470 MW |
| West Gardner | Natural gas | 408 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 517 MW solar plant and a 517 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