58th largest plant in Missouri · 3722nd nationally
City Of West Plains Power Station is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 47.4 MW. It generates roughly 3.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 351 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 2099 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | City Of West Plains Power Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of West Plains - (Mo) |
| City | West Plains |
| County | Howell County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 65775 |
| Coordinates | 36.74861, -91.86861 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 25.6 MW | Standby | 2000 |
| UNIT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 21.8 MW | Standby | 2000 |
| CO₂ | 3.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 11 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 2099 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Southwest Power Pool |
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.