Nameplate capacity
7.1 MW
Rank in Kansas
#127
of 192 plants
In service since
1957
June 1957
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Osborne - (KS)
- County
- Osborne County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #18 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1315
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.3 MW | 1.4 MW | 1967 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.2 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 0.6 MW | 1957 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.7 MW | 0.6 MW | 1994 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1992 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Meade | Natural gas | 8.2 MW |
| La Crosse | Other | 7.5 MW |
| Kansas River Project | Hydro | 7.0 MW |
| Hill City | Other | 6.9 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 7.1 MW solar plant and a 7.1 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