SIOUX

How SIOUX compares

With 1,099 MW of capacity, SIOUX ranks 6th among the 92 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Missouri and 5th of the 13 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of Missouri's operating Coal capacity and 5.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 105th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 75% of the 89 operating Missouri plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, UNION ELECTRIC CO - (MO), runs 11 operating plants in Missouri totaling 6,645 MW.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,099 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 3,338 GWh in 2024 (a 35% capacity factor), down 9% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1967 and 1968.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SIOUX (345 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by UNION ELECTRIC CO - (MO), under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 748 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is VENICE (586 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is 710 Tucker St Louis in St. Louis, about 20.2 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