Nameplate capacity
300 MW
Rank in Kansas
#16
of 192 plants
In service since
1988
November 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Empire District Electric Co
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.42%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #4 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1239
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 149 MW | 144 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| 12-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 119 MW | 108 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| 10 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 13 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| 11 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 14 MW | 1988 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center | Wind | 301 MW |
| Irish Creek Wind | Wind | 301 MW |
| Soldier Creek Wind | Wind | 300 MW |
| Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC | Wind | 299 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 300 MW solar plant and a 300 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