Nameplate capacity
24 MW
Rank in Kansas
#84
of 193 plants
In service since
1956
August 1956
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Wamego - (KS)
- County
- Pottawatomie County
- Generating units
- 12
- Share of state capacity
- 0.11%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #24 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1328
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.2 MW | 3.2 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| G10 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| G11 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| G12 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1963 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1956 | 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
| East 12th Street | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Jameson Energy Center | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Wellington 1 | Natural gas | 24 MW |
| Sabetha Power Plant | Other | 22 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 24 MW solar plant and a 24 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