Buzzard Flop
Natural gas power plant · Hughes County, Oklahoma
Nameplate capacity
7.5 MW
Rank in Oklahoma
#131
of 147 plants
In service since
2023
April 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Peoples Electric Cooperative
- County
- Hughes County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Oklahoma
- #31 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 68375
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.4 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 170 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.4 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 171 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.4 MW | 2023 | 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 Oklahoma
| Kingfisher | Other | 9.1 MW |
| Pawhuska | Other | 9.0 MW |
| Cana Gas Processing Plant | Other | 7.5 MW |
| Butterfield Solar Farm | Solar | 5.0 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 7.5 MW solar plant and a 7.5 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 Oklahoma power plants · What Oklahoma actually generates