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Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

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Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Operating

Commissioned: 1999
Net generation, 2025: 92,850 MWh
Grid: 345 kV, 161 kV to Associated Electric Coop, Inc (AECI)
Location: Stoddard County, Missouri
Operated by: Associated Electric Coop, IncSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

Owner: Associated Electric Coop, IncSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023

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Technology: Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age: 27 years since 1999
Unused energy: 969 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 12,380 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region SERC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 345, 161 Transmission owner Associated Electric Coop, Inc Balancing authority code AECI Balancing authority name Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110071161650 Subparts reported D NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1006098
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	1,149,452
Capacity factor, 2025	0.087
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	12,379.7
Net generation (MWh), 2025	92,850
Balancing authority code	AECI