Tinker

Natural gas power plant · Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Nameplate capacity
178 MW
Rank in Oklahoma
#57
of 147 plants
In service since
1971
June 1971

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
County
Oklahoma County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.49%
Rank among natural gas plants in Oklahoma
#19 of 33
EIA plant code
63628

Generating units

Individual generating units at Tinker
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine48 MW48 MW2026Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine48 MW48 MW2026Operating
5ANatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine41 MW33 MW1971Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
5BNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine41 MW31 MW1971Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 178 MW solar plant and a 178 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