Nameplate capacity
42 MW
Rank in Missouri
#67
of 139 plants
In service since
1946
July 1946
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Carthage - (MO)
- County
- Jasper County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #23 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 2121
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 7.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 13 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.0 MW | 5.5 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 14 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.0 MW | 5.5 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 5.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1957 | Operating |
| 11 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 4.5 MW | 4.0 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 12 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 4.5 MW | 4.0 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.3 MW | 2.5 MW | 1952 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.0 MW | 2.2 MW | 1949 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.0 MW | 1946 | 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 Missouri
| City of West Plains Power Station | Natural gas | 47 MW |
| Station H | Natural gas | 43 MW |
| Station I | Other | 38 MW |
| Jackson Square | Other | 36 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, June 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 42 MW solar plant and a 42 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