Nearman Creek
Coal power plant · Wyandotte County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
365 MW
Rank in Kansas
#10
of 192 plants
In service since
1981
June 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- City of Kansas City - (KS)
- County
- Wyandotte County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.73%
- Rank among coal plants in Kansas
- #4 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 6064
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 261 MW | 243 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| CT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 104 MW | 72 MW | 2006 | 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
| West Gardner | Natural gas | 408 MW |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center | Natural gas | 378 MW |
| Holcomb | Coal | 349 MW |
| Hutchinson Energy Center | Other | 345 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 365 MW solar plant and a 365 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