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Carthage
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, reciprocating engine Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1946
- Net generation, 2025
- -258 MWh
- Grid
- 14 kV to City of Carthage - (MO) (SWPP)
- Location
- Jasper County, Missouri
- Operated by
- City of Carthage - (MO)SourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
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- Technology
- Gas, reciprocating engine source: “Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine”
- Age
- 80 years since 1946
All 4 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 7,691 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | -258 |
| Balancing authority code | SWPP |
Data notes (2)
- Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation -258.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)
- Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: fuel burned but net generation is not positive
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory