Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Kansas
#118
of 192 plants
In service since
1950
August 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- —
- Operator
- City of Sterling - (KS)
- County
- Rice County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Kansas
- #13 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1326
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | — | 3.0 MW | 2.2 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.3 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.2 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.2 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.2 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 0.8 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1950 | 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
| Girard | Other | 11 MW |
| Burlington (KS) | Natural gas | 10 MW |
| Belleville | Natural gas | 9.4 MW |
| Mulvane 2 | Other | 9.2 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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