Power Plants Near 65068 — Prairie Home, MO

20 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 65068 (Prairie Home, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.8253, -92.5974 · County: Cooper

Nuclear 58%Oil 15%Natural Gas 15%Hydroelectric 10%Solar 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	Mbs Textbook Exchange Columbia, MO	Oil	2 MW	Mbs Textbook Exchange Llc
16.5 mi	Mu Combined Heat And Power Plant Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	91 MW	Curators Of The University Of Missouri
17.9 mi	Columbia (Mo) Columbia, MO	Oil	61 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
21.1 mi	Truman Solar Colombia, MO	Solar	10 MW	Truman Solar, Llc
22.2 mi	Fayette Fayette, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Fayette - (Mo)
22.4 mi	Columbia Energy Center Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	163 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
25.9 mi	Fairgrounds Jefferson City, MO	Oil	68 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
32.6 mi	Moreau Moreau, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
35.1 mi	Fulton (Mo) Fulton, MO	Natural Gas	33 MW	City Of Fulton - (Mo)
35.3 mi	Ameresco Jefferson City Jefferson City, MO	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Jefferson City Llc
36.3 mi	Show Me State Solar Kingdom City, MO	Solar	—	Show Me State Solar, Llc
37.8 mi	Marshall Solar Farm (Mo) Marshall, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
38.6 mi	Marshall (Mo) Marshall, MO	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Marshall - (Mo)
40.0 mi	Altona Solar, Llc Centralia, MO	Solar	30 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
41.8 mi	Moberly Moberly, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
42.8 mi	Salisbury City Of Salisbury, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Salisbury - (Mo)
42.9 mi	Osage Dam Eldon, MO	Hydroelectric	208 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
44.3 mi	Callaway Fulton, MO	Nuclear	1,236 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
46.3 mi	Envoy Solar, Llc Mexico, MO	Solar	—	Birch Creek Power, Llc
46.8 mi	Mexico Mexico, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 20 power plants within 50 miles of Prairie Home, Missouri (ZIP 65068), with a combined 2,139 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 20 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mbs Textbook Exchange at 14.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Missouri, visit the Missouri state page.

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