82nd largest plant in Missouri · 5651st nationally
Macon Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Missouri with a nameplate capacity of 10.0 MW. It generates roughly 87.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 8,313 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 100% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation. At 639 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Macon Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Macon - (Mo) |
| City | Macon |
| County | Macon County |
| State | Missouri |
| ZIP | 63552 |
| Coordinates | 39.74898, -92.38448 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 10.0 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CO₂ | 27.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 1 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 76 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 639 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 | Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. |
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.