How many natural gas power plants are in Missouri?

Missouri has 38 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.7 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Missouri?

Audrain Generating Station in Audrain County, Missouri is the largest, at 814 MW. It came online in 2001.

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

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

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Missouri?

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 Missouri

Missouri has 38 operating natural gas power plants with 6.7 GW of capacity.

Operating38

See planned natural gas power plants in Missouri

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Missouri had 37 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 38 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 Missouri

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Audrain Generating Station	Audrain County	2001	814 MW
2	State Line Combined Cycle	Jasper County	2001	691 MW
3	Dogwood Energy Facility	Cass County	2002	655 MW
4	St Francis Energy Facility	Dunklin County	2001	507 MW
5	Hawthorn	Jackson County	2000	477 MW
6	Empire Energy Center	Jasper County	2003	379 MW
7	South Harper	Cass County	2005	351 MW
8	Holden	Johnson County	2002	321 MW
9	Nodaway	Nodaway County	1999	316 MW
10	Greenwood (MO)	Jackson County	1979	285 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Missouri

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	MU Combined Heat and Power Plant	Boone County	2017	82 MW
2	Fredericktown Energy Center	Madison County	2015	28 MW
3	MJMEUC Generating Station #1	Audrain County	2007	13 MW
4	South Harper	Cass County	2005	351 MW
5	Macon Energy Center	Macon County	2003	10 MW
6	Empire Energy Center	Jasper County	2003	379 MW
7	McCartney	Greene County	2002	118 MW
8	Poplar Bluff Generating Station	Butler County	2002	34 MW
9	Holden	Johnson County	2002	321 MW
10	Peno Creek	Pike County	2002	240 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 Missouri

How many natural gas power plants are in Missouri?: Missouri has 38 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 6.7 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Missouri?: Audrain Generating Station in Audrain County, Missouri is the largest, at 814 MW. It came online in 2001.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Missouri in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Missouri in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Missouri?: 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.