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Oberlin (KS)

Other power plant · Decatur County, Kansas

Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Kansas
#134
of 192 plants
In service since
2024
June 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Oberlin - (KS)
County
Decatur County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among other plants in Kansas
#22 of 40
EIA plant code
1312

Generating units

Individual generating units at Oberlin (KS)
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
7Petroleum Liquids3.0 MW3.0 MW2024Operating
8Petroleum Liquids3.0 MW3.0 MW2024Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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