Poplar Bluff Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Butler County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
34 MW
Rank in Missouri
#71
of 139 plants
In service since
1976
May 1976
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Poplar Bluff - (MO)
- County
- Butler County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Missouri
- #24 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 7392
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 7.0 MW | 7.0 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 7.0 MW | 6.7 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.7 MW | 6.5 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.7 MW | 6.1 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.7 MW | 6.5 MW | 2002 | 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
| Jackson Square | Other | 36 MW |
| Trigen St. Louis | Natural gas | 34 MW |
| Fulton (MO) | Natural gas | 33 MW |
| Kennett | Natural gas | 31 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 34 MW solar plant and a 34 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