🔥 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
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 |