Higginsville
Natural gas power plant · Lafayette County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
52 MW
Rank in Missouri
#59
of 139 plants
In service since
1945
January 1945
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Higginsville - (MO)
- County
- Lafayette County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #20 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 2131
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 40 MW | 38 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 5.5 MW | 4.5 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 1981 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.7 MW | 1.0 MW | 1947 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.8 MW | 0.6 MW | 1945 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Unionville | Other | 53 MW |
| Stockton Hydro | Hydro | 52 MW |
| Conception | Wind | 50 MW |
| Cow Branch | Wind | 50 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 52 MW solar plant and a 52 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