Macon Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Macon County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Missouri
#91
of 139 plants
In service since
2003
May 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Macon - (MO)
- County
- Macon County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #32 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 56127
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 10 MW | 11 MW | 2003 | 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
| Fayette | Other | 11 MW |
| Hawthorn Solar I | Solar | 10 MW |
| Truman Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| Memphis | Other | 8.8 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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