Butler Municipal Power Plant
Other power plant · Bates County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
11 MW
Rank in Missouri
#88
of 139 plants
In service since
1959
April 1959
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Butler - (MO)
- County
- Bates County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Missouri
- #16 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 2115
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| NG2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| SG1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| SG2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.8 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| IC6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.1 MW | 1965 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.4 MW | 1.0 MW | 1959 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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 Missouri
| Trenton North | Other | 14 MW |
| MJMEUC Generating Station #1 | Natural gas | 13 MW |
| Fayette | Other | 11 MW |
| Hawthorn Solar I | Solar | 10 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 11 MW solar plant and a 11 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates