Nameplate capacity
25 MW
Rank in Oklahoma
#122
of 147 plants
In service since
1936
June 1936
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Cushing - (OK)
- County
- Payne County
- Generating units
- 11
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Oklahoma
- #28 of 33
- EIA plant code
- 2975
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.3 MW | 6.3 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 4.5 MW | 4.0 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.0 MW | 2.7 MW | 1965 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 1.8 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 1.9 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 1.9 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 0.8 MW | 1949 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.8 MW | 0.6 MW | 1939 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1936 | 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
| Centrahoma East | Natural gas | 25 MW |
| Centrahoma West | Natural gas | 25 MW |
| Buffalo Bear LLC | Wind | 19 MW |
| University of Oklahoma | Natural gas | 19 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 25 MW solar plant and a 25 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