55th largest plant in Missouri · 3532nd nationally
Higginsville is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 51.6 MW. It generates roughly 2.6k MWh per year — enough to power about 251 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
| Plant Name | Higginsville |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Higginsville - (Mo) |
| City | Higginsville |
| County | Lafayette County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 64037 |
| Coordinates | 39.07332, -93.71475 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 40.0 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 5.5 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 2.4 MW | Out of Service | 1981 |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.7 MW | Out of Service | 1947 |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 1.2 MW | Operating | 2004 |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.8 MW | Out of Service | 1945 |
| NOₓ | 15 metric tons |
|---|
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.