Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in Kansas
#101
of 192 plants
In service since
1994
June 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Pratt- (KS)
- County
- Pratt County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #33 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 7447
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 8.0 MW | 7.6 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| IC3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 8.0 MW | 7.6 MW | 2004 | 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
| Larned | Other | 16 MW |
| Colby | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Russell Downtown | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Pratt | Natural gas | 16 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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