James River Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Greene County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
198 MW
Rank in Missouri
#35
of 139 plants
In service since
1989
April 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)
- County
- Greene County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.84%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #12 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 2161
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 102 MW | 80 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 96 MW | 75 MW | 1989 | 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
| New Madrid Solar, LLC | Solar | 200 MW |
| Table Rock | Hydro | 200 MW |
| Lost Creek Wind Energy Facility | Wind | 168 MW |
| Columbia Energy Center | Natural gas | 163 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 198 MW solar plant and a 198 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