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Fairgrounds

Other power plant · Cole County, Missouri

Nameplate capacity
68 MW
Rank in Missouri
#50
of 139 plants
In service since
1974
August 1974

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Union Electric Co - (MO)
County
Cole County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.29%
Rank among other plants in Missouri
#2 of 35
EIA plant code
2082

Generating units

Individual generating units at Fairgrounds
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids68 MW55 MW1974Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 68 MW solar plant and a 68 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