🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Kansas
Kansas operates 69 natural gas power plants totaling 4,419 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 4.2M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants69operating
Capacity4,419 MWnameplate
Generation4.2M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Kansas
All Kansas natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emporia Energy Center | Emporia | Lyon County | 730 MW | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |
| West Gardner | Johnson | Johnson County | 408 MW | Evergy Metro |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center | Colwich | Sedgwick County | 378 MW | Evergy Kansas South, Inc |
| Hutchinson Energy Center | Hutchinson | Reno County | 345 MW | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |
| Riverton | Riverton | Cherokee County | 300 MW | Empire District Electric Co |
| Garden City | Garden City | Finney County | 256 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Mcpherson 2 | Mcpherson | Mcpherson County | 215 MW | City Of Mcpherson - (Ks) |
| Kaw | Kansas City | Wyandotte County | 166 MW | City Of Kansas City - (Ks) |
| Fort Dodge | Dodge City | Ford County | 149 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Rubart | Ulysses | Grant County | 120 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Mcpherson 3 | Mcpherson | Mcpherson County | 116 MW | City Of Mcpherson - (Ks) |
| Goodman Energy Center | Hays | Ellis County | 104 MW | Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks) |
| Osawatomie | Miami | Miami County | 102 MW | Evergy Metro |
| Clifton | Clifton | Washington County | 88 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Great Bend - Sunflower | Great Bend | Barton County | 82 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Cimarron River | Liberal | Seward County | 65 MW | Sunflower Electric Power Corp |
| Chanute 2 | Chanute | Neosho County | 64 MW | City Of Chanute |
| Cml&p Generating Facility No. 2 | Coffeyville | Montgomery County | 56 MW | City Of Coffeyville - (Ks) |
| Coffeyville | Coffeyville | Montgomery County | 44 MW | City Of Coffeyville - (Ks) |
| Wichita Plant | Wichita | Sedgwick County | 44 MW | Occidental Chemical Corporation |
| Gardner Energy Center | Gardner | Johnson County | 39 MW | City Of Gardner - (Ks) |
| El Dorado Refinery | El Dorado | Butler County | 39 MW | Frontier El Dorado Refinery Llc |
| Chanute 3 | Chanute | Neosho County | 35 MW | City Of Chanute |
| Clay Center | Clay Center | Clay County | 30 MW | City Of Clay Center - (Ks) |
| East 12th Street | Winfield | Cowley County | 28 MW | City Of Winfield - (Ks) |
| Jameson Energy Center | Garden City | Finney County | 28 MW | Kansas Municipal Energy Agency |
| Wellington 1 | Wellington | Sumner County | 24 MW | City Of Wellington - (Ks) |
| Augusta Electric Plant No 2 | Augusta | Butler County | 21 MW | City Of Augusta - (Ks) |
| Wellington 2 | Wellington | Sumner County | 20 MW | City Of Wellington - (Ks) |
| Beloit | Beloit | Mitchell County | 19 MW | City Of Beloit - (Ks) |
| Ottawa | Ottawa | Franklin County | 19 MW | City Of Ottawa - (Ks) |
| Kingman Municipal Power And Light Plant | Kingman | Kingman County | 19 MW | City Of Kingman - (Ks) |
| Goodland | Goodland | Sherman County | 19 MW | City Of Goodland - (Ks) |
| Colby | Colby | Thomas County | 16 MW | Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks) |
| Pratt 2 | Pratt | Pratt County | 16 MW | City Of Pratt- (Ks) |
| Russell Downtown | Russell | Russell County | 16 MW | City Of Russell - (Ks) |
| Pratt | Pratt | Pratt County | 16 MW | City Of Pratt- (Ks) |
| Wamego | Wamego | Pottawatomie County | 15 MW | City Of Wamego - (Ks) |
| Russell Energy Center | Russell | Russell County | 15 MW | City Of Russell - (Ks) |
| Belleville | Belleville | Republic County | 14 MW | City Of Belleville - (Ks) |
| Kansas Ethanol, Llc | Lyons | Rice County | 14 MW | Kansas Ethanol, Llc |
| Augusta Electric Plant No 1 | Augusta | Butler County | 12 MW | City Of Augusta - (Ks) |
| Anthony | Anthony | Harper County | 11 MW | City Of Anthony - (Ks) |
| Osage City | Osage City | Osage County | 11 MW | City Of Osage City - (Ks) |
| West 14th Street | Winfield | Cowley County | 11 MW | City Of Winfield - (Ks) |
| Hoisington | Hoisington | Barton County | 11 MW | City Of Hoisington - (Ks) |
| Girard | Girard | Crawford County | 11 MW | City Of Girard - (Ks) |
| Minneapolis City Of | Minneapolis | Ottawa County | 9 MW | City Of Minneapolis - (Ks) |
| Stockton | Stockton | Rooks County | 9 MW | City Of Stockton - (Ks) |
| Ellinwood | Ellinwood | Barton County | 9 MW | City Of Ellinwood - (Ks) |
| Meade | Meade | Meade County | 8 MW | City Of Meade - (Ks) |
| Washington | Washington | Washington County | 7 MW | City Of Washington - (Ks) |
| Baldwin City Plant No 2 | Baldwin City | Douglas County | 6 MW | City Of Baldwin City- (Ks) |
| Burlingame | Burlingame | Osage County | 4 MW | City Of Burlingame - (Ks) |
| Sharon Spring | Sharon Springs | Wallace County | 3 MW | City Of Sharon Springs - (Ks) |
| Arkalon Ethanol Llc | Liberal | Seward County | 3 MW | Arkalon Ethanol Llc |
| Bonanza Bioenergy Llc | Garden City | Finney County | 2 MW | Bonanza Bioenergy Llc |
| Prairie Horizon Agri Energy | Phillipsburg | Phillips County | 2 MW | Prairie Horizon Agri Energy Llc |
| Murray Gill | Wichita | Sedgwick County | — | Evergy Kansas South, Inc |
| Neosho | Parsons | Labette County | — | Evergy Kansas South, Inc |
| Abilene Energy Center Combustion Turbine | Abilene | Dickinson County | — | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |
| Chanute 1 | Chanute | Neosho County | — | City Of Chanute |
| Ellis | Ellis | Ellis County | — | Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks) |
| Gas Turbine (Ks) | Larned | Pawnee County | — | City Of Larned - (Ks) |
| Mulvane Power Plant | Mulvane | Sumner County | — | City Of Mulvane - (Ks) |
| Great Bend - Midwest Energy | Great Bend | Barton County | — | Midwest Energy Inc - (Ks) |
| Archer Daniels Midland Fredonia | Fredonia | Wilson County | — | Archer Daniels Midland Co |
| Viola Generating Station | Conway Springs | Sumner County | — | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |
| Mcnew Generating Station | Hutchison | Reno County | — | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc |