Columbia Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Boone County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
163 MW
Rank in Missouri
#37
of 139 plants
In service since
2001
June 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Columbia - (MO)
- County
- Boone County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.70%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #13 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 55447
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 35 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 35 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT03 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 35 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| CT04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 35 MW | 2001 | 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
| James River Power Station | Natural gas | 198 MW |
| Lost Creek Wind Energy Facility | Wind | 168 MW |
| Harry Truman | Hydro | 161 MW |
| Winfield Solar | Solar | 150 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 163 MW solar plant and a 163 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