MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 91 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Boone County
- Operator
- CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1974
- EIA plant ID
- 50969
- Generators
- 8
- Net generation (2024)
- 192 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 26%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 38.9463, -92.3327
MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT, a 91 MW Coal power plant in Boone County, Missouri. Operated by CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, commissioned 1974.
How MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT compares
With 91 MW of capacity, MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT ranks 32nd among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and 11th of the 13 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.9% of Missouri's operating Coal capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 242nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1974, it is older than 59% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Boone County with 2 other operating plants, COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER and COLUMBIA.
Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 85 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 192 GWh in 2024 (a 26% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1974 and 2017.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, about 2.4 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 313 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER (163 MW, Natural Gas).
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
MU COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PLANT is a 91 MW coal power plant in Boone County, MO, operated by CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, commissioned in 1974. 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 coal 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.