How many natural gas power plants are in MISO?

MISO has 356 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 84 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in MISO?

Nine Mile Point in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is the largest, at 2,440 MW. It came online in 2014.

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

4 natural gas power plants came online in MISO in 2025, with 1,734 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in MISO?

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 MISO

MISO has 356 operating natural gas power plants with 84 GW of capacity. 4 came online in 2025.

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See planned natural gas power plants in MISO

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

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Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

MISO had 291 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 356 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 MISO

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Nine Mile Point	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	2014	2,440 MW
2	Union Power Station	Union County, Arkansas	2003	2,428 MW
3	Midland Cogeneration Venture	Midland County, Michigan	1998	1,849 MW
4	Sabine	Orange County, Texas	1979	1,812 MW
5	Cottonwood Energy Company LP	Newton County, Texas	2003	1,434 MW
6	Dan E Karn	Bay County, Michigan	1977	1,402 MW
7	Acadia Energy Center	Acadia Parish, Louisiana	2002	1,389 MW
8	Blue Water Energy Center	St Clair County, Michigan	2022	1,267 MW
9	Port Washington Generating Station	Ozaukee County, Wisconsin	2008	1,230 MW
10	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant	Iberville Parish, Louisiana	2024	1,085 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in MISO

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	Location	Year online	Capacity
1	Bos Dairy, LLC	Jasper County, Indiana	2026	1 MW
2	Wheaton	Chippewa County, Wisconsin	2026	298 MW
3	Waterloo	Monroe County, Illinois	2026	22 MW
4	Magnolia Power	Iberville Parish, Louisiana	2025	723 MW
5	Blue Lake	Scott County, Minnesota	2025	362 MW
6	A B Brown	Posey County, Indiana	2025	647 MW
7	Warroad Factory	Roseau County, Minnesota	2025	2 MW
8	Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant	Iberville Parish, Louisiana	2024	1,085 MW
9	Caterpillar	Tippecanoe County, Indiana	2024	7 MW
10	Eunice LA Plant	Acadia Parish, Louisiana	2024	5 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 MISO

How many natural gas power plants are in MISO?: MISO has 356 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 84 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in MISO?: Nine Mile Point in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is the largest, at 2,440 MW. It came online in 2014.
How many natural gas power plants were built in MISO in 2025?: 4 natural gas power plants came online in MISO in 2025, with 1,734 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in MISO?: 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.