🔥 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
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 |