Sikeston Power Station
Coal power plant · Scott County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
261 MW
Rank in Missouri
#24
of 139 plants
In service since
1981
September 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- City of Sikeston - (MO)
- County
- Scott County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.12%
- Rank among coal plants in Missouri
- #8 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 6768
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 261 MW | 240 MW | 1981 | 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
| Greenwood (MO) | Natural gas | 288 MW |
| Lake Road (MO) | Natural gas | 278 MW |
| Morris Solar | Solar | 250 MW |
| Clear Creek Wind | Wind | 242 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 261 MW solar plant and a 261 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