COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 163 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Boone County
- Operator
- CITY OF COLUMBIA - (MO)
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2001
- EIA plant ID
- 55447
- Generators
- 4
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 13.3 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 0.9%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 39.0193, -92.2633
COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER, a 163 MW Natural Gas power plant in Boone County, Missouri. Operated by CITY OF COLUMBIA - (MO), commissioned 2001.
How COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER compares
With 163 MW of capacity, COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER ranks 25th among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and 10th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.2% of Missouri's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 590th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 73% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF COLUMBIA - (MO), runs 2 operating plants in Missouri totaling 263 MW. It shares Boone County with 2 other operating plants, COLUMBIA and MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT.
EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 163 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 13.3 GWh in 2024 (a 0.9% capacity factor).
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 302 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COLUMBIA (101 MW, Coal).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER is a 163 MW natural gas power plant in Boone County, MO, operated by CITY OF COLUMBIA - (MO), commissioned in 2001. Boone County carries moderate modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 2.0 of 5 at the 25th national percentile. Heat wave is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 93rd percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Boone County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat wave | Relatively Moderate | 93rd | 4.7 of 5 | 12.1 |
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 82nd | 4.3 of 5 | 9.7 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 75th | 4.0 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 74th | 4.0 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 62nd | 3.5 of 5 | 2.9 |
| Lightning | Relatively High | 45th | 2.8 of 5 | 49.8 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 42nd | 2.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Hail | Relatively Low | 40th | 2.6 of 5 | 4.2 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 40th | 2.6 of 5 | 0.32 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | 3.4 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 10th | 1.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Boone County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Boone County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.