Chillicothe
Natural gas power plant · Livingston County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
90 MW
Rank in Missouri
#47
of 139 plants
In service since
1986
June 1986
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Chillicothe Municipal Utils
- County
- Livingston County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.38%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #16 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 2122
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 40 MW | 40 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 40 MW | 40 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| D1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| D2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| D3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| D4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| D5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 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 Missouri
| Essex | Natural gas | 121 MW |
| McCartney | Natural gas | 118 MW |
| Ralph Green | Natural gas | 89 MW |
| MU Combined Heat and Power Plant | Natural gas | 85 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 90 MW solar plant and a 90 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