Columbia (MO)
Natural gas power plant · Boone County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
61 MW
Rank in Missouri
#51
of 139 plants
In service since
1963
August 1963
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- City of Columbia - (MO)
- County
- Boone County
- Generating units
- 12
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #19 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 2123
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 35 MW | 35 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 13 MW | 13 MW | 1963 | Operating |
| DAN1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| WTP1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| WTP2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| SH1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| SH2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| LF1 | Landfill Gas | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| LF2 | Landfill Gas | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| LF3 | Landfill Gas | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| SF1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| SF2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 2008 | 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
| MU Combined Heat and Power Plant | Natural gas | 85 MW |
| Fairgrounds | Other | 68 MW |
| Moreau | Other | 61 MW |
| Mexico | Other | 61 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 61 MW solar plant and a 61 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