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St Francis

Other power plant · Cheyenne County, Kansas

Nameplate capacity
5.1 MW
Rank in Kansas
#140
of 192 plants
In service since
1953
August 1953

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of St Francis - (KS)
County
Cheyenne County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Kansas
#28 of 40
EIA plant code
1321

Generating units

Individual generating units at St Francis
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.7 MW1972Operating
2Petroleum Liquids1.5 MW1.5 MW1964Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year
5Petroleum Liquids0.9 MW0.9 MW1953Operating

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 5.1 MW solar plant and a 5.1 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