Power Plants Near 65203 — Columbia, MO

21 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 65203 (Columbia, Missouri). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.9348, -92.3639 · County: Boone

Nuclear 40%Coal 38%Natural Gas 11%Oil 11%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.7 mi	Mbs Textbook Exchange Columbia, MO	Oil	2 MW	Mbs Textbook Exchange Llc
1.8 mi	Mu Combined Heat And Power Plant Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	91 MW	Curators Of The University Of Missouri
3.3 mi	Columbia (Mo) Columbia, MO	Oil	61 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
6.7 mi	Truman Solar Colombia, MO	Solar	10 MW	Truman Solar, Llc
8.0 mi	Columbia Energy Center Columbia, MO	Natural Gas	163 MW	City Of Columbia - (Mo)
22.1 mi	Fayette Fayette, MO	Oil	11 MW	City Of Fayette - (Mo)
22.6 mi	Show Me State Solar Kingdom City, MO	Solar	—	Show Me State Solar, Llc
22.8 mi	Fulton (Mo) Fulton, MO	Natural Gas	33 MW	City Of Fulton - (Mo)
24.8 mi	Fairgrounds Jefferson City, MO	Oil	68 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
26.9 mi	Altona Solar, Llc Centralia, MO	Solar	30 MW	Birch Creek Power, Llc
29.7 mi	Moreau Moreau, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
31.5 mi	Ameresco Jefferson City Jefferson City, MO	Biomass	3 MW	Ameresco Jefferson City Llc
31.6 mi	Envoy Solar, Llc Mexico, MO	Solar	—	Birch Creek Power, Llc
32.2 mi	Mexico Mexico, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
33.7 mi	Callaway Fulton, MO	Nuclear	1,236 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
34.4 mi	Moberly Moberly, MO	Oil	61 MW	Union Electric Co - (Mo)
41.1 mi	Salisbury City Of Salisbury, MO	Oil	6 MW	City Of Salisbury - (Mo)
44.5 mi	Mjmeuc Generating Station #1 Laddonia, MO	Natural Gas	13 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
45.1 mi	Thomas Hill Clifton Hill, MO	Coal	1,182 MW	Associated Electric Coop, Inc
46.8 mi	Marshall Solar Farm (Mo) Marshall, MO	Solar	3 MW	Missouri Jnt Muni.pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.
47.0 mi	Marshall (Mo) Marshall, MO	Natural Gas	31 MW	City Of Marshall - (Mo)

Power generation near this area

There are 21 power plants within 50 miles of Columbia, Missouri (ZIP 65203), with a combined 3,126 MW of nameplate capacity. Oil is the most common fuel type in this area with 8 of the 21 nearby plants. The closest plant is Mbs Textbook Exchange at 1.7 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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