West Gardner
Natural gas power plant · Johnson County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
408 MW
Rank in Kansas
#8
of 192 plants
In service since
2003
June 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Evergy Metro
- County
- Johnson County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 1.93%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #2 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 7929
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 78 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 88 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 89 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 88 MW | 2003 | 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
| Lawrence Energy Center | Coal | 517 MW |
| Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 470 MW |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center | Natural gas | 378 MW |
| Nearman Creek | Coal | 365 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 408 MW solar plant and a 408 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