🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Missouri
Missouri operates 42 natural gas power plants totaling 6,164 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 9.0M 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.
Plants42operating
Capacity6,163 MWnameplate
Generation9.0M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Missouri
All Missouri natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrain Generating Station | Vandalia | Audrain County | 814 MW | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| State Line Combined Cycle | Joplin | Jasper County | 691 MW | Empire District Electric Co |
| Dogwood Energy Facility | Pleasant Hill | Cass County | 655 MW | Dogwood Power Management, Llc |
| St Francis Energy Facility | Campbell | Dunklin County | 507 MW | Associated Electric Coop, Inc |
| Empire Energy Center | Sarcoxie | Jasper County | 379 MW | Empire District Electric Co |
| South Harper | Kansas City | Cass County | 351 MW | Evergy Missouri West |
| Holden | Holden | Johnson County | 321 MW | Associated Electric Coop, Inc |
| Nodaway | Conception Junction | Nodaway County | 316 MW | Associated Electric Coop, Inc |
| Greenwood (Mo) | Greenwood | Jackson County | 288 MW | Evergy Missouri West |
| Lake Road (Mo) | St Joseph | Buchanan County | 278 MW | Evergy Missouri West |
| Peno Creek | Bowling Green | Pike County | 240 MW | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| James River Power Station | Springfield | Greene County | 198 MW | City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo) |
| Columbia Energy Center | Columbia | Boone County | 163 MW | City Of Columbia - (Mo) |
| Essex | Essex | Stoddard County | 121 MW | Associated Electric Coop, Inc |
| Mccartney | Strafford | Greene County | 118 MW | City Utilities Of Springfield - (Mo) |
| Mu Combined Heat And Power Plant | Columbia | Boone County | 91 MW | Curators Of The University Of Missouri |
| Chillicothe | Chillicothe | Livingston County | 90 MW | Chillicothe Municipal Utils |
| Ralph Green | Pleasant Hill | Cass County | 89 MW | Evergy Missouri West |
| Higginsville | Higginsville | Lafayette County | 52 MW | City Of Higginsville - (Mo) |
| City Of West Plains Power Station | West Plains | Howell County | 47 MW | City Of West Plains - (Mo) |
| Station H | Independence | Jackson County | 43 MW | City Of Independence - (Mo) |
| Carthage | Carthage | Jasper County | 42 MW | City Of Carthage - (Mo) |
| Trigen St. Louis | St Louis | St Louis County | 34 MW | Centerstream Stl, Llc |
| Poplar Bluff Generating Station | Poplar Bluff | Butler County | 34 MW | City Of Poplar Bluff - (Mo) |
| Fulton (Mo) | Fulton | Callaway County | 33 MW | City Of Fulton - (Mo) |
| Kennett | Kennett | Dunklin County | 31 MW | City Of Kennett - (Mo) |
| Marshall (Mo) | Marshall | Saline County | 31 MW | City Of Marshall - (Mo) |
| Fredericktown Energy Center | Fredericktown | Madison County | 28 MW | Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm. |
| Anheuser-Busch St Louis | St. Louis | St Louis City County | 26 MW | Anheuser-Busch Inc |
| Carrollton | Carrollton | Carroll County | 21 MW | Carrollton Board Of Public Wks |
| Mjmeuc Generating Station #1 | Laddonia | Audrain County | 13 MW | Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm. |
| Macon Energy Center | Macon | Macon County | 10 MW | City Of Macon - (Mo) |
| Grand Ave Plant | Kansas City | Jackson County | 5 MW | Vicinity Energy Kansas City |
| Stanberry | Stanberry | Gentry County | 4 MW | City Of Stanberry - (Mo) |
| Grand Avenue | Kansas City | Jackson County | — | Evergy Metro |
| Kirksville | Kirksville | Adair County | — | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| Viaduct | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau County | — | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| Blue Valley | Independence | Jackson County | — | City Of Independence - (Mo) |
| Kansas City International | Kansas City | Platte County | — | Evergy Missouri West |
| Turney Energy Center | Lathrop | Clinton County | — | Associated Electric Coop, Inc |
| Castle Bluff Energy Center | St. Louis | St Louis County | — | Union Electric Co - (Mo) |
| Mullin Creek #1 Generating Station | Barnard | Nodaway County | — | Evergy Missouri West |