How many natural gas power plants are in Arkansas?

Arkansas has 18 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 7.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Arkansas?

Union Power Station in Union County, Arkansas is the largest, at 2,428 MW. It came online in 2003.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Arkansas in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Arkansas in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Arkansas?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Arkansas

Arkansas has 18 operating natural gas power plants with 7.2 GW of capacity.

Operating18

See planned natural gas power plants in Arkansas

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Arkansas had 17 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 18 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Arkansas

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Union Power Station	Union County	2003	2,428 MW
2	Magnet Cove	Hot Spring County	2006	746 MW
3	Hot Spring Generating Facility	Hot Spring County	2002	715 MW
4	Dell Power Station	Mississippi County	2007	679 MW
5	Harry L. Oswald	Pulaski County	2002	600 MW
6	Lake Catherine	Hot Spring County	1970	553 MW
7	Harry D Mattison Gas Plant	Washington County	2007	349 MW
8	Thomas Fitzhugh	Franklin County	2026	256 MW
9	Pine Bluff Energy Center	Jefferson County	2001	230 MW
10	Jonesboro City Water & Light Plant	Craighead County	2007	224 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Arkansas

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Thomas Fitzhugh	Franklin County	2026	256 MW
2	UA Central Utility Plant	Washington County	2016	6 MW
3	Elkins Generating Center	Washington County	2013	66 MW
4	Fourche Creek Wastewater	Pulaski County	2009	1 MW
5	Harry D Mattison Gas Plant	Washington County	2007	349 MW
6	Dell Power Station	Mississippi County	2007	679 MW
7	Jonesboro City Water & Light Plant	Craighead County	2007	224 MW
8	Magnet Cove	Hot Spring County	2006	746 MW
9	Union Power Station	Union County	2003	2,428 MW
10	Harry L. Oswald	Pulaski County	2002	600 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Arkansas

How many natural gas power plants are in Arkansas?: Arkansas has 18 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 7.2 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Arkansas?: Union Power Station in Union County, Arkansas is the largest, at 2,428 MW. It came online in 2003.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Arkansas in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Arkansas in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Arkansas?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.