Nameplate capacity
1,300 MW
Rank in Missouri
#3
of 139 plants
In service since
1972
October 1972
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Associated Electric Coop, Inc
- County
- New Madrid County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 5.56%
- Rank among coal plants in Missouri
- #3 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 2167
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 650 MW | 600 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 650 MW | 600 MW | 1977 | 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
| Labadie | Coal | 2,389 MW |
| Iatan | Coal | 1,754 MW |
| Callaway | Nuclear | 1,236 MW |
| Thomas Hill | Coal | 1,182 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 1,300 MW solar plant and a 1,300 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