Holden

Natural gas power plant · Johnson County, Missouri

Nameplate capacity
321 MW
Rank in Missouri
#18
of 139 plants
In service since
2002
June 2002

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Associated Electric Coop, Inc
County
Johnson County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
1.37%
Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
#7 of 35
EIA plant code
7848

Generating units

Individual generating units at Holden
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
11Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine107 MW87 MW2002Operating
12Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine107 MW87 MW2002Operating
13Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine107 MW87 MW2002Operating

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 321 MW solar plant and a 321 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