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La Plata

Other power plant · Macon County, Missouri

Nameplate capacity
3.6 MW
Rank in Missouri
#114
of 139 plants
In service since
2013
March 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of La Plata - (MO)
County
Macon County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Missouri
#28 of 35
EIA plant code
2140

Generating units

Individual generating units at La Plata
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids1.8 MW1.7 MW2013Operating
2Petroleum Liquids1.8 MW1.7 MW2013Operating

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 3.6 MW solar plant and a 3.6 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