Natural Gas Power Plants in Kansas
Every operating natural gas power plant in Kansas on EIA-860M for 2026-07: 54 plants, 211 generating units and 4 GW of nameplate capacity across 37 counties, most of it inside SPP.
As of 2026-07 (inventory dated 2026-07-31) · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · eia.gov/…/july_generator2026.xlsx · eia.gov/…/eia860m
- Plants
- 54
- 211 generating units
- Nameplate capacity
- 4 GW
- Counties
- 37
- Grid operator
- SPP
- covers most of these plants
Map of natural gas power plants in Kansas
Every one of the 54 plants is drawn at the coordinate EIA files for it.
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List of natural gas power plants in Kansas
Sort by any column. Capacity is nameplate, summed across every generating unit EIA lists at the site.
| Emporia Energy CenterNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Lyon | 730.2 | 7 | 2008 | Operating |
| West GardnerNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Evergy Metro | Johnson | 408 | 4 | 2003 | Operating |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center2 technologies | Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Sedgwick | 378 | 4 | 1969 | Operating |
| Hutchinson Energy Center2 technologies | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Reno | 345.3 | 5 | 1974 | Operating |
| Riverton2 technologies | Empire District Electric Co | Cherokee | 300.2 | 4 | 1988 | Operating |
| Garden City2 technologies | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Finney | 256.3 | 4 | 1968 | Operating |
| McPherson 22 technologies | City of McPherson - (KS) | McPherson | 214.8 | 3 | 1973 | Operating |
| Fort DodgeNatural Gas Steam Turbine | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Ford | 149 | 1 | 1969 | Operating |
| RubartNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Grant | 120 | 12 | 2014 | Operating |
| McPherson 3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | City of McPherson - (KS) | McPherson | 115.6 | 1 | 1998 | Operating |
| Goodman Energy CenterNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) | Ellis | 103.5 | 12 | 2008 | Operating |
| OsawatomieNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Evergy Metro | Miami | 102 | 1 | 2003 | Operating |
| Clifton2 technologies | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Washington | 87.5 | 2 | 1974 | Operating |
| Great Bend - SunflowerNatural Gas Steam Turbine | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Barton | 81.6 | 1 | 1963 | Operating |
| Cimarron River2 technologies | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Seward | 65 | 2 | 1963 | Operating |
| Chanute 22 technologies | City of Chanute (KS) | Neosho | 64 | 3 | 1965 | Operating |
| CML&P Generating Facility No. 2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Coffeyville - (KS) | Montgomery | 56.1 | 3 | 2017 | Operating |
| Coffeyville2 technologies | City of Coffeyville - (KS) | Montgomery | 44 | 3 | 1973 | Operating |
| Gardner Energy CenterNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | City of Gardner - (KS) | Johnson | 39.2 | 2 | 1990 | Operating |
| El Dorado RefineryNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Frontier El Dorado Refinery LLC | Butler | 38.9 | 1 | 1996 | Standby/Backup |
| Chanute 32 technologies | City of Chanute (KS) | Neosho | 34.8 | 5 | 1985 | Operating |
| East 12th Street2 technologies | City of Winfield - (KS) | Cowley | 28.1 | 2 | 1970 | Operating |
| Jameson Energy CenterNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Kansas Municipal Energy Agency - (KS) | Finney | 27.6 | 3 | 2014 | Operating |
| Wellington 12 technologies | City of Wellington - (KS) | Sumner | 24 | 3 | 1972 | Operating |
| Augusta Electric Plant No 2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Augusta - (KS) | Butler | 20.7 | 4 | 1968 | Operating |
| Wellington 2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | City of Wellington - (KS) | Sumner | 20 | 1 | 1989 | Operating |
| BeloitNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Beloit - (KS) | Mitchell | 19.3 | 7 | 1950 | Operating |
| OttawaNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Ottawa - (KS) | Franklin | 19.2 | 4 | 1958 | Operating |
| Kingman Municipal Power and Light PlantNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Kingman - (KS) | Kingman | 19.1 | 6 | 1962 | Operating |
| Goodland2 technologies | City of Goodland - (KS) | Sherman | 18.7 | 8 | 1939 | Operating |
| ColbyNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) | Thomas | 16 | 1 | 1970 | Operating |
| Pratt 2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Pratt- (KS) | Pratt | 16 | 2 | 1994 | Operating |
| Russell Downtown2 technologies | City of Russell - (KS) | Russell | 15.7 | 5 | 1971 | Operating |
| Pratt2 technologies | City of Pratt- (KS) | Pratt | 15.5 | 2 | 1958 | Operating |
| WamegoNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Wamego - (KS) | Pottawatomie | 15.2 | 9 | 1956 | Operating |
| Osage City2 technologies | City of Osage City - (KS) | Osage | 15.1 | 9 | 1955 | Operating |
| Russell Energy CenterNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | City of Russell - (KS) | Russell | 15 | 2 | 2002 | Operating |
| Kansas Ethanol, LLCNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Kansas Ethanol, LLC | Rice | 13.5 | 1 | 2020 | Operating |
| Augusta Electric Plant No 12 technologies | City of Augusta - (KS) | Butler | 11.5 | 8 | 1929 | Standby/Backup |
| Washington2 technologies | City of Washington - (KS) | Washington | 11.4 | 7 | 1958 | Operating |
| AnthonyNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Anthony - (KS) | Harper | 11.1 | 3 | 1972 | Operating |
| West 14th StreetNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | City of Winfield - (KS) | Cowley | 11 | 1 | 1962 | Operating |
| Hoisington2 technologies | City of Hoisington - (KS) | Barton | 10.9 | 4 | 1961 | Operating |
| Baldwin City Plant No 22 technologies | City of Baldwin City- (KS) | Douglas | 10.8 | 4 | 2004 | Operating |
| Belleville2 technologies | City of Belleville - (KS) | Republic | 9.4 | 4 | 1955 | Operating |
| Minneapolis City of2 technologies | City of Minneapolis - (KS) | Ottawa | 9.1 | 5 | 1955 | Operating |
| Stockton2 technologies | City of Stockton - (KS) | Rooks | 8.6 | 5 | 1955 | Operating |
| Ellinwood2 technologies | City of Ellinwood - (KS) | Barton | 8.5 | 5 | 1948 | Operating |
| MeadeNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Meade - (KS) | Meade | 8.2 | 5 | 1951 | Operating |
| BurlingameNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Burlingame - (KS) | Osage | 4 | 4 | 1963 | Operating |
| Sharon SpringNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | City of Sharon Springs - (KS) | Wallace | 3 | 4 | 1951 | Operating |
| Arkalon Ethanol LLCNatural Gas Steam Turbine | Arkalon Ethanol LLC | Seward | 3 | 1 | 2008 | Operating |
| Bonanza BioEnergy LLCNatural Gas Steam Turbine | Bonanza BioEnergy LLC | Finney | 2 | 1 | 2008 | Operating |
| Prairie Horizon Agri EnergyNatural Gas Steam Turbine | Prairie Horizon Agri Energy LLC | Phillips | 1.7 | 1 | 2006 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
Largest natural gas power plants in Kansas
- 1Emporia Energy CenterLyon County, Kansas730.2 MW
- 2West GardnerJohnson County, Kansas408 MW
- 3Gordon Evans Energy CenterSedgwick County, Kansas378 MW
- 4Hutchinson Energy CenterReno County, Kansas345.3 MW
- 5RivertonCherokee County, Kansas300.2 MW
- 6Garden CityFinney County, Kansas256.3 MW
- 7McPherson 2McPherson County, Kansas214.8 MW
- 8Fort DodgeFord County, Kansas149 MW
- 9RubartGrant County, Kansas120 MW
- 10McPherson 3McPherson County, Kansas115.6 MW
Natural gas power plants by county in Kansas
The county EIA files against each plant. It is the fastest way to find the plant nearest a given town.
| County | Plants | Nameplate MW |
|---|---|---|
| Lyon | 1 | 730.2 |
| Johnson | 2 | 447.2 |
| Sedgwick | 1 | 378 |
| Reno | 1 | 345.3 |
| McPherson | 2 | 330.4 |
| Cherokee | 1 | 300.2 |
| Finney | 3 | 285.9 |
| Ford | 1 | 149 |
| Grant | 1 | 120 |
| Ellis | 1 | 103.5 |
| Miami | 1 | 102 |
| Barton | 3 | 101 |
| Montgomery | 2 | 100.1 |
| Washington | 2 | 98.9 |
| Neosho | 2 | 98.8 |
| Butler | 3 | 71.1 |
| Seward | 2 | 68 |
| Sumner | 2 | 44 |
| Cowley | 2 | 39.1 |
| Pratt | 2 | 31.5 |
| Russell | 2 | 30.7 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 19.3 |
| Franklin | 1 | 19.2 |
| Kingman | 1 | 19.1 |
| Osage | 2 | 19.1 |
| Sherman | 1 | 18.7 |
| Thomas | 1 | 16 |
| Pottawatomie | 1 | 15.2 |
| Rice | 1 | 13.5 |
| Harper | 1 | 11.1 |
| Douglas | 1 | 10.8 |
| Republic | 1 | 9.4 |
| Ottawa | 1 | 9.1 |
| Rooks | 1 | 8.6 |
| Meade | 1 | 8.2 |
| Wallace | 1 | 3 |
| Phillips | 1 | 1.7 |
Natural Gas Power Plants in Kansas: FAQ
- How many natural gas power plants are in Kansas?
- 54, with 4 GW of nameplate capacity between them, spread over 37 counties. That is the EIA-860M operating count for 2026-07.
- Is there a map of Kansas natural gas power plants?
- Yes — the map above. Each dot is one natural gas power plant, sized by nameplate capacity and placed at the coordinates EIA files for it.
- Which is the largest natural gas power plant in Kansas?
- Emporia Energy Center, at 730 MW. The table is sorted largest first, so the rest follow it.
- Is there a natural gas power plant near me in Kansas?
- The county roll-up below groups every plant by county, which is the quickest way to find the one closest to a given town.
- Which grid operator runs Kansas's natural gas power plants?
- Most of them sit inside SPP, according to the balancing-authority code EIA files against each plant. Live conditions for that market are on this site.
- How current is this, and what is left out?
- EIA-860M for 2026-07. Combined cycle, combustion turbine, steam turbine, internal combustion and other gas-fired units. Plants below 1 MW are not surveyed by EIA and so are absent; retirements and additions after 2026-07 arrive with the next monthly release.