RALPH GREEN

How RALPH GREEN compares

With 74 MW of capacity, RALPH GREEN ranks 34th among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and 14th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Missouri's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 743rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1981, it is newer than 52% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, KCP&L GREATER MISSOURI OPERATIONS CO, runs 6 operating plants in Missouri totaling 966 MW. It shares Cass County with 2 other operating plants, DOGWOOD ENERGY FACILITY and SOUTH HARPER.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 89 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 74 MW). Net generation was 49.9 GWh in 2024 (a 6.4% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DOGWOOD (345 kV), about 1.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by KCP&L GREATER MISSOURI OPERATIONS CO., about 1.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,716 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is DOGWOOD ENERGY FACILITY (683 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Oak Tower in Kansas City, about 27.0 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