Nameplate capacity
1,046 MW
Rank in Missouri
#7
of 139 plants
In service since
1969
May 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Evergy Metro
- County
- Jackson County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 4.47%
- Rank among coal plants in Missouri
- #6 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 2079
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 569 MW | 561 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 132 MW | 1997 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 143 MW | 110 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 82 MW | 78 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 82 MW | 79 MW | 2000 | 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
| Thomas Hill | Coal | 1,182 MW |
| Sioux | Coal | 1,099 MW |
| Audrain Generating Station | Natural gas | 814 MW |
| State Line Combined Cycle | Natural gas | 691 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 1,046 MW solar plant and a 1,046 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