MU Combined Heat and Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Boone County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
85 MW
Rank in Missouri
#49
of 139 plants
In service since
1974
July 1974
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Curators of the University of Missouri
- County
- Boone County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.36%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #18 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 50969
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 20 MW | 19 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| NTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 17 MW | 11 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| NTG2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 17 MW | 11 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 15 MW | 13 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 13 MW | 12 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| DGT1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1997 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6025 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2017 | 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
| Chillicothe | Natural gas | 90 MW |
| Ralph Green | Natural gas | 89 MW |
| Fairgrounds | Other | 68 MW |
| Columbia (MO) | Natural gas | 61 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 85 MW solar plant and a 85 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