List of power stations in Missouri
The U.S. state of Missouri has a number of electric power stations.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the following were the top ten plants in Missouri in 2014 by amount of power produced:
Plant | Primary power source | Owner | Net summer capacity | Notes |
Labadie | Coal | Ameren Corporation | 2,371 | |
Iatan | Coal | Kansas City Power & Light Co. | 1,594 | - |
Callaway | Nuclear | Union Electric Co. | 1,193 | Missouri's only nuclear power plant; began operations in 1984. |
Rush Island | Coal | Union Electric Co. | 1,182 | |
New Madrid | Coal | Associated Electric Coop, Inc. | 1,154 | |
Thomas Hill | Coal | Associated Electric Coop, Inc. | 1,133 | |
Sioux | Coal | Union Electric Co. | 974 | |
Hawthorn | Coal | Kansas City Power & Light Co. | 948 | |
Meramec | Coal | Union Electric Co. | 938 | Set to close in 2022. |
Dogwood Energy Facility | Natural gas | Dogwood Power Management, LLC | 616 | |
Sibley Generating Station | Coal | Kansas City Power & Light | 524 | Closed in December 2018. |
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that the state additionally has 9 pumped-storage hydroelectricity facilities and 20 conventional hydroelectric plants; the latter including the Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, which has a capacity of 176 MW, and the Table Rock Dam on the White River, close to Branson.
Missouri's largest solar farm is located in Greene County, on a 57-acre plot owned by City Utilities, and is operated by Strata Solar. It generates a mean of 4.95 MW that contribute to City Utilities' transmission grid.
According to the Sierra Club, there were as of 2016 a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23. A Missouri City coal-fired power plant operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015; the facility was aging and could not comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations. In January 2015, Kansas City Power & Light Co. announced plans to stop burning coal at three of its generating units at Montrose Station, one unit at Lake Road Station, and two units at Sibley Station. Coal burning would cease in phases.