NORTHEAST

How NORTHEAST compares

With 486 MW of capacity, NORTHEAST ranks 13th among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and is the largest of the 33 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 35% of Missouri's operating Oil capacity and 2.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 14th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 65% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO, runs 3 operating plants in Missouri totaling 3,196 MW. It shares Jackson County with 6 other operating plants, including HAWTHORN and GREENWOOD.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 540 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 486 MW). Net generation was 27.2 GWh in 2024 (a 0.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1972 and 1985.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HAWTHORNE (345 kV), about 4.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 2,345 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HAWTHORN (1,070 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Oak Tower in Kansas City, about 1.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology